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Batik sample
Indonesian (Javanese)
Dutch Colonial period
late 19th century
Object Place: Surakarta, Java, Indonesia, Central
Medium/Technique
Cotton, natural dyes; plain weave, hand drawn (tulis) wax-resist (batik)
Dimensions
50 x 41 cm (19 11/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Marianne Brimmer Fund
Accession Number21.509
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSample of cotton batik with design of meandering bands bound together by rosettes, the ground is powdered with large and small forms from which grow branches with leaves, printed with neutral orange and light neutral orange on a dark blue ground.
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)