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Tjoateengen, signed maker

Long cloth (kain panjang), early 1900s

Description

Maker

  • Tjoateengen, unknown, Indonesian, signed maker

Culture

Javanese

Title

Long cloth (kain panjang)

Year

early 1900s

Medium

Cotton; hand-drawn (tulis) batik

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • cotton

Techniques

  • plain weave,
  • batik

Dimensions

Length: 252.7 cm (99 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Tjoateengen, signed maker

Place

Java; Pekalongan

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

49.167

Projects & Publications

Publications

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Zone of Attraction

June 26 - December 6, 2009

Batiking is a multi-layered resist dye process. A design is made on cotton by applying wax with a hand-batik tulis, a calligraphic pen-like instrument, or batik cap, a stamp made of copper. The cloth is dyed as many times as necessary based on the number of colors in the final design. The wax resists the dye, and is scraped or boiled off and reapplied each time a new design or color is applied. Originally, the making of batik had mystical and romantic allusions and was done by women at home for their families. The European influence on batik began in 1840 when Carolina von Franquemont (Dutch, 1817-1867) established a batik workshop on the slopes of a volcanic mountain in Semarang. This entrepreneurial endeavor coincided with the rise of Peranakan (Indo-Chinese) textile manufacturers, who purchased pre-waxed fabrics and set up home-dyeing production.

A World of Costume and Textiles

September 22 - November 12, 1989

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