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Batik sample
Indonesian (Javanese)
Dutch colonial rule
late 19th century
Place of Creation: Surakarta, Java, Indonsia, central
Medium/Technique
Cotton, natural dyes; plain weave, hand-dawn (tulis) wax-resist (batik)
Dimensions
50 x 41 cm (19 11/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Marianne Brimmer Fund
Accession Number21.542
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSampleof cotton batik with design of dark blue ground crossed diagonally with parallel lines of tiny white dots broken at intervals by groups of three light neutral orange dots. The surface is powdered with small symmetrical flower sprays and birds arranged in discs, 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)