Batik. Fabled Cloth of Java

Autori

• Inger McCabe Elliott

Parametri

• Arte
• Arte / Cultura
• Batik
• Saggistica

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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.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1984

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