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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 30 x 20 cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Marianne Brimmer Fund
Accession Number21.565
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionSample of cotton batik with design of dark blue ground on which are diagonal bands of irregular forms printed with neutral orange and light 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)