Batik Fabled Cloth of Java
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Batik Fabled Cloth of Java

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Full Title

Batik Fabled Cloth of Java
Author(s)

Inger McCabe Elliott
Edition
ISBN

9781462908691, 9780794606688
Publisher

Periplus Editions
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Batik: 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.

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