Sari-length textile Bangladesh, Dacca 19th-early 20th century Bengali muslins have been admired for their delicacy of weave and refined decoration since antiquity. The skill of Bengal weavers has been long praised and their product once formed a staple of the Indo-Roman trade to the Mediterraean, where Pliny captured the cloths ephemeral quality, referring to it as woven air. In these examples, silver and gold-wrapped thread has been integrated into the fabric of the cloth, creating an in-weave design of great delicacy. View more. Sari-length textile. Bangladesh, Dacca. 19th-early 20th century. Muslin with in-weave design. Textiles-Woven