mumtaz mahal. yeah, mumtaz, the empress mumtaz, who died in the 1630s.ng these denim jeans. so what's the, what's the idea behind this particular piece? well, i mean, all of the artworks were inspired by, to a certain extent, historical collections in national museums liverpool. and as part of our research, we were looking at different objects and seeing how we could tie into the history of indian textiles. so we came across this pair of blue jeans which were locally made by a brand in liverpool, and just trying to make those connections. we were thinking, well, obviously they were blue—coloured and we were wondering, you know, today, does the industry use indigo or indian indigo to dye the jeans? and as part of that research, it uncovered the history of denim itself, which, of course, jeans are made from, and the fact that this denim fabric apparently originated back in the 1600s in a little village called dongri, near bombay, in india a fishing village... today is mumbai. mumbai, of course, sorry. and, you know, it was the fabric that was used by the f