Did you know that Dhaka is not the only place that produces muslin? Or that in Santipur, West Bengal, there is a way to starching yarn that turns the threads “as stiff as a bone”? These are some of the textile stories that regale visitors at Chintz Muslin and the Forgotten Queen, an ongoing exhibition of textiles from a bygone era.
Collated by Vishambhara, a collective helmed by textile expert Purvi Patel it has Kolkata-based Ssaha Works and Chennai-based Aksh Weaves as partners. This is their third show and, in Kochi, they have collaborated with Bengaluru-based Tina Eapen who recreates the English rose motifs in saris in Kerala and Jaipur’s Shilpi who works with indigo dyes and Sanganer block prints for this show.
