Sample of European-made white cotton cloth; step one in the Javanese batik process, 1915
date: label: date made
content: 1914-1915
notes: label: Description
content: Plain weave white cotton cloth sample; step one in the Javanese batik process, 1915. This cloth is industrially produced and imported from Europe to Java, where it is used as the basis for the production of batiks. Approximately 10" x 12". First in a set of 14 process samples together with 22 finished items made by prisoners in Java for display at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
label: place made
content: Indonesia: Javanese
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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.T02906.000
label: catalog number
content: T02906.00A
label: catalog number
content: T02906.00B
label: accession number
content: 59191
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric, Printed
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample, batik process
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 12 in; 25.4 cm x 30.48 cm