Sample of waxed cotton cloth after red dye bath; step thirteen in the Javanese batik process, 1915

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Sample of waxed cotton cloth after red dye bath; step thirteen in the Javanese batik process, 1915. Approximately 10" x 12"; Design has a central butterfly motif surrounded by scrolling ferns and curlicues; with four outer borders.This sample has been dyed in a red dye bath. Step thirteen in a set of 14 process samples together with 22 finished items, made by prisoners in Java for display at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Purchased by the US National Museum for the Division of Textiles from the Netherlands East Indies Commission at the close of the Exposition.

Date Made: 1914-1915

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Indonesia: Javanese

Related Event: Panama-Pacific International Exposition

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Javanese Batiks, Textiles

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T02918.000Catalog Number: T02918.000Accession Number: 59191

Object Name: Printing Process, Batikfabric sample, batik process

Physical Description: cotton, wax (overall material)plain weave, batik (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 12 in x 10 in; 30.48 cm x 25.4 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-3d38-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_627049

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