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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 31 x 20 cm (12 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Marianne Brimmer Fund
Accession Number21.578
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionSample of cotton batik with design of dark blue ground on which is a lattice design framing crosses 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)