Batik: Fabled Cloth of Java

Elliott, Inger McCabe

ISBN 10: 0794602436 / ISBN 13: 9780794602437

Published by Periplus Editions, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Batik: Fabled Cloth of Java
• Publisher: Periplus Editions
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0794602436
• ISBN 13: 9780794602437
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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 of production.

About the Author

Inger McCabe Elliott, founder and president of China Seas, Inc., the award-winning fabric design firm, was born in Norway, graduated from Cornell University, and received her M.A. in history from Radcliffe College. She has traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia as a photojournalist for publications including Newsweek and The New York Times. She lives in New York City and Stonington, Connecticut, with her husband and children.