KOLKATA: In May, 200 silk flags made with fabric from Murshidabad will form the River of Hope at the Platinum Jubilee Pageant along the Mall in central London to mark Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne. While the made-in-Murshidabad silk yarns have already reached the UK, a silk expert from the French city Lyon has flown to Kolkata to explore the possibility of Murshidabad superfine mulberry produce to enter the global silk network in future.
French textile artist Isabelle Moulin, who is visiting India to promote bilateral cooperation between India and France around design and textile, with an emphasis on silk in India, met with members of the West Bengal Crafts Council to discuss Murshidabad’s silk heritage and examine its potential to partner other major silk producing cities across the globe.
