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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-dyed (batik)
Dimensions
36 x 24 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Marianne Brimmer Fund
Accession Number21.531
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSample of cotton batik with design of dark blue ground evenly powdered with a rosette form framed in a diagonal lattice. Printed with neutral yellowish orange and light neutral yellowish orange.
ProvenancePurchased through Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy for the MFA from the private colletion of the Javanese prince Ario Kurumodiningrat, an elder brother of the then reigning sultan in Surakarta (Solo); April 21, 1921