BOOKS - HOBBIES - Batik Fabled Cloth of Java
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Batik Fabled Cloth of Java
Author: Inger McCabe Elliot
Year: 2013
Format: EPUB
File size: 33 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2013
Format: EPUB
File size: 33 MB
Language: ENG
Batik: Fabled Cloth of Java is richly illustrated with color plates of the finest antique and contemporary batik from thirty museums and private collections around the world. From the royal courts of Yogyakarta and Cirebon to the coastal towns of Pekalongan, Surabaya and Lasem, Inger McCabe Elliot takes the reader on a spellbinding tour of Java's north coast examining the customs, cultures and craftsmanship that distinguishes its magic cloth. Batik—Fabled Cloth of Java is a sumptuous book and now a classic, richly illustrated with color plates of the finest antique and contemporary batik batik from collections all over the world. It includes historical photographs, etchings, engravings, maps and photographs of modern Java.