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Synopsis
Batik occupies a special position in Indonesia's history and culture. The extraordinary photographs of cloths and prints in this book demonstrate why batik is the stuff of textile legend. These 71 batik designs, taken from the collection of famed dealer Rudolf G. Smend, date from 1880-1930, a time still considered batik's golden age. Complementing these extraordinary cloths are 16 vintage photo prints from the Leo Haks collection, which demonstrate...
From the Publisher
The exotic textiles of Java have intrigued the outside world for the past 150 years. Batik, the legendary fiber art of painting and dyeing fabrics using a waxing process, has been influenced by cultures as diverse as the Chinese, Indians, Arabs, Portuguese, Dutch, and English.
Like no other book before it, Batik takes the reader on a spellbinding tour of Java, revealing batik's history, motifs, and methods...
About the Author
Rudolf G. Smend is a passionate batik collector and owner of Galerie Smend in Cologne, Germany. Brigitte Khan Majlis is Curator of Textiles at the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum of Ethnology in Cologne.
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- PublisherPeriplus Editions (HK) ltd.
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0794602711
- ISBN 13 9780794602710
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages96
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