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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-dyed (batik)
Dimensions
34 x 24 cm (13 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Marianne Brimmer Fund
Accession Number21.595
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSample of cotton batik with design of Dark blue ground ornamented with small orange figures arranged on diagonal lines across the piece. Running diagonally in the opposite direction are lines of small white dots.
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)