Javanese silk batik table cover, 1915

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Description:

Javanese batik silk table cover, 1915. A 36" square with a symmetrical design of Garuda wings, plant motifs, serpents, with imitation fringe borders on all four sides. Designed and made for export, to the Western market. Tan, light and dark blue. 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. Motif described as "Oeloh Nogo". Price given as 35 F, or $14.00.

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.T02930.000Catalog Number: T02930.000Accession Number: 59191

Object Name: Sample, Printedtable cover, batik

Physical Description: silk (overall material)plain weave, batik (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 36 in x 36 in; 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-8bf2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_627027

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