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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist, Javanese
Date18th-19th century
MediumCotton
DimensionsOverall: 25.4 x 23.8 cm (10 x 9 3/8 in.)
Frame: 43.2 x 35.6 cm (17 x 14 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation
Object numberS2024.5.4
Not on view
DescriptionResist dye work in brown, white, and blue design.
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Additional Details
Provenance
The Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection
Markings
Verso, lower left (black ink stamp): "EX NIBLACK COLLECTION"
Inscribed
Verso, top left corner (adhesive label): "4. BATIK. Resist dye work. / JAVANESE, XVIII-XIX Century. / In batik work, the cloth is coat with a thin film of / wax poured on at the boiling point; after this hardens / the pattern is incised in the wax with a sharp pointed / instrument. When dipped in the dye the color pene- / trates through the tracing while the cloth, protected / by the wax, retains its original color. When more than / one color is desired the process is repeated."
Date: 19th century
Medium: Handwoven cotton with block printing and brushwork
Object number: S2024.5.11
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Cotton with silk embroidery
Object number: S2024.5.17
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: c. 1920-1929
Medium: Silk
Object number: S2024.5.20
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, porcupine quill, dyed horsehair-filled tin cone dangles, and cotton cloth
Object number: 1984.540a-b
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: 18th century
Medium: Silk, paper
Object number: S2024.5.19