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. Original cataloging identifies the motif as "Romo., and the price as 4 F. or $1.60, Brown and Indigo bllue on off white. Densely patterned rectangles side by side on a larger rectangle, with a strip of a different pattern in between for the spine of the book, and two strips on the ends for folding into the inside of the book covers. 18" L x 10.5" W, unfolded. 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.
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.T02931.000
label: catalog number
content: T02931.000
label: accession number
content: 59191
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book cover, batik
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, batik (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 10 1/2 in; 45.72 cm x 26.67 cm