Javanese batik book cover for the western market, 1915
date: label: date made
content: 1914-1915
notes: label: Description
content: Javanese batik book cover for the western market, 1915. A rectangle of silk with two differently patterned rectangles side by side , with a narrow strip in between meant for the spine of the book, and narrow borders and end borders. The panels meant for the front and back book covers have variations on the garuda bird wing surrounded by plant forms, in tan, light blue, and dark blue, with white details. 19" L x 9.5" W.
label: Description
content: An example of the use of traditional Javanese technique and patterning for a form meant for the European or Western trade. One of 22 finished batik textiles, together with 14 process samples, made by prisoners in Java for exhibition at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Purchased by the US National Museum for the Division of Textiles from the Netherlands East Indies Commission at the close of the Exposition. Price listed as 8 F. or $3.20. Original cataloging lists pattern as "Grendjelin."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Indonesia: Javanese
topic: label: related event
content: Panama-Pacific International Exposition
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Javanese Batiks
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content: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02940.000
label: catalog number
content: T02940.000
label: accession number
content: 59191
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book cover, batik
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, batik (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 9 1/2 in; 48.26 cm x 24.13 cm