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The exotic textiles of Java have intrigued the outside world for the past 150 years. Batik, the legendary fiber art of painting and dyeing fabrics using a waxing process, has been influenced by cultures as diverse as the Chinese, Indians, Arabs, Portuguese, Dutch, and English. Like no other book before it, Batik takes the reader on a spellbinding tour of Java, revealing batik's history, motifs, and methods of production.
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Batik. Fabled Cloth of Java, Inger McCabe Elliott
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- Released
- 1984
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- Title
- Batik. Fabled Cloth of Java
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Inger McCabe Elliott
- Released
- 1984
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0517551551
- ISBN13
- 9780517551554
- Series
- Rating
- 5 out of 5
- Description
- The exotic textiles of Java have intrigued the outside world for the past 150 years. Batik, the legendary fiber art of painting and dyeing fabrics using a waxing process, has been influenced by cultures as diverse as the Chinese, Indians, Arabs, Portuguese, Dutch, and English. Like no other book before it, Batik takes the reader on a spellbinding tour of Java, revealing batik's history, motifs, and methods of production.