The History of Burlap — The Fiber That Made Dundee and Broke Bengal

Why was the world's roughest cloth also its most valuable? 🧵 In this video we unravel the myth and trace the story of jute — from the Bengal delta where it grew, to the Scottish city that built an empire processing a fiber it could not farm, and the sacks that carried grain, coffee and sandbags across every front of two world wars. The cheapest cloth ever woven made some of the richest men alive. If you enjoyed this textile history deep dive, like the video, subscribe to Fabric Myths, and leave a comment with the fabric origin story we should cover next 👇