Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- One of two halves of a long narrow panel cut lengthwise. All-over pattern of two alternating diagonal bands: one made up of alternating dark and light squares and the other a series of curved scroll-like forms and dots (a version of the "parang" or 'knife' motif). Serpentine floral branches are superimposed on the diagonal pattern. Dyed in deep indigo and rust-red.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- 1900–1950
- Medium
- Medium: cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave
- Dimensions
- H x W: 242 x 52 cm (95 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
- Type
- printed, dyed & painted textiles
- Textile
