Muslin (Mul-Mul) cotton fabric Yardage of plain weave. Early muslin was hand-woven of uncommonly delicate hand spun yarn. It’s From Dhaka Bangladesh, Undivided Region of Indian a Cloth is so fine that yards of it could smoothly flow through a ring. C.1850. Its Size is 117cm x 10 Meters Approx. It was imported from Bengal into Europe for much of the 17th and early 18th-centuries. During the British period of Company rule, the East India Company imported British-produced cloth into the Indian subcontinent, but became unable to compete with the local muslin industry. The Company administration initiated several policies in an attempt to suppress the muslin industry, and muslin production subsequently experienced a period of decline. It has been alleged that in some instances Indian weavers were rounded up and their thumbs chopped off, although this has been refuted by historians as a misreading of a report by William Bolts from 1772. The quality, finesse and production volume of Bengali muslin declined as a result of these policies, continuing when India transitioned from Company rule to British Crown control (20220503_143121).