Javanese batik tea cosy for the western market, 1915. A cotton rectangle with two mirror image trapezoidal panels, long edges toward the center. Meant to be cut out and stitched with a lining into a western style tea cosy. Design of scrolls and plant forms. Dark blue border, to be cut away in the making, surrounds the trapezoids. One of 22 finished batik textiles, together with 14 process samples, made by prisoners in Java for exhibition 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. An example of the use of traditional Javanese technique and patterning for a form meant for the European or Western trade.Approx. 14" x 19". Original cataloging identifies the design as "Pisang bali." in brown and indigo; Price listed as 4 F. or $1.60