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Batik sample
Indonesian (Javanese)
Dutch colonial rule
late 19th century
Place of Creation: Surakarta, Java, Indonesia, central
Medium/Technique
Cotton, natural dyes; plain weave, hand-drawn (tulis) wax-resist (batik)
Dimensions
41 x 50 cm (16 1/8 x 19 11/16 in.); Legacy dimension: .50+ x .41
Credit Line
Marianne Brimmer Fund
Accession Number21.539
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSample of cotton batik with design of Light neutral orange ground closely covered with fine branching lines printed with black and neutral orange, powdered with a design of strange forms including small discs and curving wings printed with a dark blue, black and neutral orange.
Provenance1921, sold by Prince Ario Kusumodiningrat (b. circa 1860), Surakarta, to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) for the MFA. (Accession date: April 7, 1921)