Sample of first wax drawing on cotton cloth; step three in the Javanese batik process, 1924
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1924
notes: label: Description
content: Sample of first wax drawing of the design outline on cotton cloth; step three in the Javanese batik process, 1924. Approximately 10" x 12"; Design has a central butterfly motif surrounded by a plain field; with four concentric outer borders (floral, geometric, imitation fringe, solid). This sample illustrates the results of the first drawing of the design outlines on the cloth, on the face. Third in a set of 15 process samples. The American Vice Consul in Charge in Surabaya, Java, Rollin R. Winslow, was given these samples in 1924 by Miss E.F. Kerston of a local curiousity shop/dealer in batik called Inlandsche Kunst. Winslow then sent the samples to the Dept. of State as part of his report on local commerce and dyes, expressing the wish that they be forwarded as a donation to the Smithsonian when the State Dept. no longer had a need for them.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Rollin R. Winslow
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T05221.000
label: catalog number
content: T05221.000
label: accession number
content: 85359
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric sample, batik process
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wax (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, batik (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 10 in; 30.48 cm x 25.4 cm