Javanese batik glove sachet for the western market, 1915
date: label: date made
content: 1914-1915
notes: label: Description
content: Javanese batik glove sachet or holder, for the western market, 1915. Original cataloging identifies the design as "Walang kadoen"; Silk plain weave cloth ground. Colors: tan, light and dark blue on white. The square of silk has two identically patterned rectangles side by side, patterned with plant forms, birds, and 4-armed crosses, with narrow geometric borders on all sides, and an outer border of plain dark blue. The piece is meant to be folded in half and stitched to form an envelope to keep gloves in a dresser or luggage. An example of the use of traditional Javanese technique and patterning for a form meant for the Euroepan 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. Approx. 14" square. Price listed as 8 F. or $3.20
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.T02933.000
label: catalog number
content: T02933.000
label: accession number
content: 59191
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sample, Printed
label: Object Name
content: glove sachet, batik
label: Object Name
content: batik glove sachet
label: Object Name
content: glove sachet, batik
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, batik (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 14 in; 35.56 cm x 35.56 cm