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Batik: Fabled Cloth of Java

Wax, dye and patience: the patterns and pieces of Java's batik, richly illustrated.
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This is a standalone volume with no order to follow, so it can be opened at any page and explored in any sequence.
As a pictorial study, the book moves through the patterns and pieces of Javanese batik, with illustration doing much of the work alongside the text.

Description

Batik is one of the great textile traditions of the world, and Java is where it reached its fullest expression. This pictorial study by Inger McCabe Elliott turns its attention to the island's cloth, presenting its patterns and pieces through generous illustration.

It is a handsome book for textile lovers, designers and travellers drawn to Indonesia, and one to linger over and return to.

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