Jhuna was a fine sheer fabric, an open-weave structure similar to gauze. Jhuna was used primarily in the dresses of the dancers. It was another kind of fine muslin produced in Bengal with other peers such as Buddun khas, kumees, Rang.[1][2]
Name
editJhuna is a derivation word of jhin That means fine and thin.[3][2]
Dimensions
editJhuna was produced in pieces with the dimensions, 20 yards of length, and one-yard width.[2]
Exports
editUnlike other muslins, exports of Jhuna were forbidden.[2]
Use
editJhuna was purposefully produced for the use of wealthy women households as well as the clothing of dancers and singers.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ J. Forbes Watson (1982). The Textile manufactures and the Costumes of the People of India. Indological Book House, Varanasi.
- ^ a b c d e Chaudhury, Sushil (2020-03-10). Spinning Yarns: Bengal Textile Industry in the Backdrop of John Taylor's Report on 'Dacca Cloth Production' (1801). Routledge. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-000-07920-3.
- ^ Platts, John Thompson (1884). A Dictionary of Urdū, Classical Hindī, and English. H. Milford. p. 411.
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