Batik: Fabled Cloth of JavaBatik: Fabled Cloth of Java is richly illustrated with color plates of the finest antique and contemporary batik from thirty museums and private collections around the world. From the royal courts of Yogyakarta and Cirebon to the coastal towns of Pekalongan, Surabaya and Lasem, Inger McCabe Elliot takes the reader on a spellbinding tour of Java's north coast examining the customs, cultures and craftsmanship that distinguishes its magic cloth. Batik—Fabled Cloth of Java is a sumptuous book and now a classic, richly illustrated with color plates of the finest antique and contemporary batik batik from collections all over the world. It includes historical photographs, etchings, engravings, maps and photographs of modern Java. This new edition will be welcomed by designers, scholars and art lovers alike. it is the product of many years of collecting and on-the-scene exploration by a leading photojournalist, whose life was changed forever when she first laid eyes on the wondrous batik of Java's north coast. |
Contents
BATIK IN THE ROYAL COURTS | |
JOURNEY TO PEKALONGAN | |
Islamic Kingdoms | |
Lasema Walled City | |
Village Batik | |
Strength in Numbers | |
MODERN BATIK | |
GLOSSARY | |
CONCORDANCE | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |
CREDITS | |
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Achmad Altar cloth Arab artists background badan banji Batavia batik batik designs batik factories Batik Indonesia batik makers birds blue border Borobudur bouquets Buket central Java century China Cirebon Cirebon batik cloud motifs cm./Weft Collection colors Cotton courts Demak diagonal Dodot Dutch East entrepreneurs export flowers Gresik handspun Hardjonagoro Hindu Hokokai Iket Kepala Indian Indies indigo Indische Indramayu Inger McCabe Elliott Islam Iwan Tirta Jakarta Java's north coast Javanese batik Juana Kain Panjang Pagi-Sore Kedungwuni Kudus Lasem Liem Siok machine spun Masina Museum Nasional Museum of Yogyakarta Muslim natural dyes north coast batik numbers Oey Soe Tjoen Pants Paramita parang patran patterns Pekalongan personal communication pieces prada Raffles sarong Selendang Semarang silk Smend Smend Gallery Sonobudoyo/#E/K style Sukarno Sumatra Surabaya Surakarta symbol synthetic dyes Tambal textiles town trade traditional Tuban tulis and cap tulis Warp tumpal village women workshop worn Yogyakarta Zuylen