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batik tulis
early 21st century
A hand drawn batik in brown and black (indigo) with a central panel of leaves and flowers against small repeat 'fish scale' motifs called sisik. The warp borders are white dots on brown and the weft b...
ikat ulos
late 20th Century
A cotton ulos (shawl), intended to be worn around the shoulders. It is mainly black with thin yellow and pink stripes and white ikat diamond motifs, with fringing on the weft edges.
selendang batik tulis
c. 1995
A selendang batik tulis (hand drawn) from East Java, with a foliate motif against a tiny repeat 'fish scale' motif called sisik. Rendered in browns and blue. Tumpal designs along the edges.
kain batik tulis
c. 1995
A cotton batik tulis (hand drawn) from East Java, with a foliate motif against a tiny repeat 'fish scale' motif called sisik. Rendered in browns and some blue. It is possible that the flowers are stam...
Paseseh batik
late 20th - early 21st Century
A silk batik with a zigzag design in red and white, with each strip decorated, incorporating citrus fruit and leaf motifs, and the dagger or S shaped motif known as Parang. The parang was originally ...
batik Madura
late 20th Century
A batik tulis kain (sarung/hip wrapper) for women. It is predominantly dark red/brown, with navy blue and gold, an eye/dot pattern and tumpals on the borders. There are complex flora, bird and winged ...
batik Tuban
c.1993
A brown hand drawn batik using hand spun coarse cotton. The wax covering the background is deliberately cracked before dyeing so allowing irregular lines of colour to appear on the cloth. The dyes ...
batik tablecloth (taplak meja)
c. 1992
A large batik tablecloth, or taplak meja, with a brightly coloured pattern on a black background and with hand painted application of gold gutta paint in a coletan technique. The colours used are oran...