Batik From the Courts of Java and Sumatra

Name: Batik From the Courts of Java and Sumatra
Price: 55.97 USD
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ISBN: 9780794602710

ISBN-10: 0794602711

ISBN-13: 9780794602710

Edition: 2004

Authors: Rudolf G. Smend, Brigitte Khan Majlis, Harmen C. Veldhuisen, Leo Haks, Donald Harper

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Description:

Featuring 71 designs from the collection of Rudolf G. Smend, this book includes Batik designs dating from the late 19th century, demonstrating how Batik was worn at the court and in other settings.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Periplus Editions (HK), Limited
Publication date: 8/15/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Size: 9.00" wide x 12.00" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 1.958
Language: English

Rudolf G. Smend is a passionate batik collector and owner of Galerie Smend in Cologne, Germany. Brigitte Khan Majlis is Curator of Textiles at the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum of Ethnology in Cologne.



Preface



Javanese Batik: An Introduction



The Collection


Central Java/The Classical Style


North Coast/The Pasisir Style


Sumatra/Sumatran and Export Styles


Peranakan Batik/Straits Chinese Batik


Collecting Batik in Java



A Journey to Yogyakarta



Notes on the Collection



Glossary


Acknowledgements



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