Sample of oiled plain weave white cotton cloth; step two in the Javanese batik process, 1915
date: label: date made
content: 1914-1915
notes: label: Description
content: Oiled plain weave white cotton cloth sample; step two 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. In this step, the cloth has been soaked in bean oil to give the dye applied later a clear, bright tone. Approximately 10" x 10"; Has four straight parallel lines drawn in on each side of the square to delineate borders. Second in a set of 14 process samples together with 22 finished items made by prisoners in Java for display 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: 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.T02907.000
label: catalog number
content: T02907.000
label: accession number
content: 59191
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Printing Process, Batik
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample, batik process
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; oiled (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 12 in; 25.4 cm x 30.48 cm