Batik : the courts of Java and Sumatra / Rudolf G. Smend & Bridjitte Khan Majlis & Harmen C. Veldhuisen.

By:

Smend, Rudolf G

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Singapore : Periplus, 2004.Description: 96 p. : ill. ; 31 cmISBN:

0794602711 (hbk.)

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DDC classification:

746.662 SME

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	746.662 SME (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002000158502

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Batik occupies a special position in Indonesia's history and culture. The extraordinary photographs of cloths and prints in this book demonstrate why batik is the stuff of textile legend. These 71 batik designs, taken from the collection of famed dealer Rudolf G. Smend, date from 1880-1930, a time still considered batik's golden age. Complementing these extraordinary cloths are 16 vintage photo prints from the Leo Haks collection, which demonstrate how batik was worn at court and in othersettings.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface (p. 7)
Javanese Batik: An Introduction (p. 11)
The Collection (p. 16)
Central Java/The Classical Style (p. 16)
North Coast/The Pasisir Style (p. 36)
Sumatra/Sumatran and Export Styles (p. 58)
Peranakan Batik/Straits Chinese Batik (p. 66)
Collecting Batik in Java (p. 77)
A Journey to Yogyakarta (p. 79)
Notes on the Collection (p. 83)
Glossary (p. 87)
Acknowledgements (p. 91)
Select Bibliography (p. 93)
Contributors (p. 96)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Rudolf G. Smend is a passionate batik collector and owner of Galerie Smend in Cologne, Germany. Brigitte Khan Majlis is Curator of Textiles at the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum of Ethnology in Cologne.