Batik sample
Indonesian (Javanese)
Dutch colonial rule
late 19th century
Place of Creation: Surakarta, Java, Indonesia, central
Dimensions
34 x 24 cm (13 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Accession Number
21.528
Medium or Technique
Cotton, natural dyes; plain weave, hand-drawn (tulis) wax resist-dyed (batik)
Not On View
Collections
Asia, Textiles and Fashion Arts
Classifications
Sample of cotton batik with design of dark blue ground closely covered with a simple design printed with neutral orange, arranged on diagonal lines to give the effect of an interlacing lattice, there are rosettes of small white dots in the spaces between.
Provenance
1921, 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)
Credit Line
Marianne Brimmer Fund