Batik : Fabled Cloth Of Java

Batik : Fabled Of Cloth
by Inger McCabe Elliott (Author)

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Title: Batik Fabled Cloth of Java

Author: Inger McCabe Ellioth

Hardcover: 240 pages

Publisher: Periplus Editions; Revised edition (May 15, 2004)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0794602436

ISBN-13: 978-0794602437

Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.1 x 1 inches

From the royal courts of Yogyakarta and Cirebon through the coastal towns of Pekalongan, Surabaya and Lasem, Inger McCabe Elliott takes reader on a spellbinding tour of Java’s north coast examining the custom’s culture and craftsmanship that distinguish its magic cloth. Batik –Fabled Cloth Of Java is a sumptuous book and now a classic, richly illustrated with color plaids of the finest antique and contemporary batik from thirty museums and private collection around the world. It includes historical photographs, etchings, engravings, maps and photographs of modern Java. This new edition of batik –Fabled Cloth Of Java will be welcomed by designers, scholars, and art lovers alike. It is the product of many years of collecting and on the scene exploration by a leading photojournalist, whose live was changed forever when she first laid eyes on the wondrous batik of Java’s north coast.

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