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Notes on Javanese batik

Rands, Minnie Frost · 1919 · [Buitenzorg, Java] · 14 pictures

A short illustrated study of Javanese batik cloth, published in Buitenzorg, Java, in 1919 and written by Minnie Frost Rands, likely for collectors and students of Indonesian textiles. Its plates show batik patterns built from dense brown wax-resist motifs, with a photograph of a woman wearing a patterned batik skirt, which a designer could use for repeat ornament and textile structure.

Batik Indonesia Java · Costume Indonesia Java

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