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Batik sample
Indonesian (Javanese)
Dutch colonial rule
late 19th century
Place of Creation: Srakarta, Java, Indonesia, central
Medium/Technique
Cotton, natural dyes; plain weave, hand-drawn (tulis) wax-resist (batik)
Dimensions
31 x 19 cm (12 3/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Marianne Brimmer Fund
Accession Number21.553
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSample of cotton batik cloth with design of grid work filled with fish scale pattern and small rosettes at each intersection in light brown on a natural ecru ground and small blue dots along each horizontal and vertical line.
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)