2021年3月17日 · In late 18th-Century Europe, a new fashion led to an international scandal. In fact, an entire social class was accused of appearing in public naked. The culprit was Dhaka muslin, a precious fabric...

Certain delicate muslins were given poetic names such as Baft Hawa ("woven air"), Shabnam ("evening dew"), and āb-i-ravān ("flowing water"). The latter name refers to a fine and transparent variety of fine muslin from Dacca. [34]

2024年11月21日 · Thus, the fabric earned the name ‘Baft Hawa’, which translates to ‘Woven Air’. The lightness of Dhaka Muslin made it a prized fabric among royalty around the world, including the Mughal emperors, Greek and French monarchs like Marie Antoinette and Joséphine Bonaparte, and even famed writer Jane Austen.

2020年1月12日 · It was said that a bolt of muslin could be passed through a signet ring. The preeminence of Bengali cloth production was noted by Roman writers as early as the first century, a tendency which lent muslin it most poetic and alluring name: baft hawa, literally: woven air.

2024年10月16日 · Nicknamed “baft-hawa” which means “woven air” – travellers recorded that it was so fluid that one could pull 91m through the centre of a ring. Another said that 18m of Muslin could be fit into a pocket snuff box. The fabric was weaved with thread so delicate that it was often invisible to older people.

The cloth was practically such a delicate, thin, and transparent masterpiece it would be called “Baft Hawa” or “Woven Air”. As the name suggests, it felt as if the air was woven instead of threads in a cloth. It was the most valuable fabric in the entire world just two centuries ago, famously known as the Dhaka Muslin.

Baft hawa means woven air. Ab i rawan is translated as flowing water. Muslin has many types. It differs in weight, density, quality of threads, number of layers, and composition. The highest quality and most expensive muslin is made from uniform threads that have the same thickness along the entire length.

The lesser fabrics were ‘Khassa’ or special, ‘Baft Hawa’ or woven air ‘Nyansook’ or soothing to the eyes and ‘Nilambari’ or blue skies. Other imaginative names were vapor, mist, nebula and woven winds. The romantic names conjure images of …

2010年12月31日 · This light and soft fabric, which was even called "baft-hawa" meaning "woven air," was imported from the city of the same name in what is now Bangladesh, then in Bengal. However, it vanished from the earth by the early 20th century apart from some examples kept in prestigious museums.

2024年7月2日 · The finest types of Dhaka muslin bore poetic names like "baft-hawa" or "woven air," reflecting their lightness and softness. Travellers marvelled at the fabric's fineness, claiming a 300-foot length could pass through a ring and a 60-foot piece could fit into a snuffbox.