Batik Sarong (kain porselen) with Birds, Butterflies and Floral Designs
1867-1932
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Batik Sarong (kain porselen) with Birds, Butterflies and Floral Designs
1867-1932
Physical Qualities
Cotton, 42 1/2 x 77 1/2 in. (108 x 196.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Patricia Dallam, Joppa, Maryland
Object Number
2014.77
Partial sarong made from a panel of batiked plain-woven cotton fabric. The European and possibly Chinese influenced design consists of small birds, and large winged butterflies intermingled with floral designs with spiky leaves in two shades of indigo blue and off-white. These designs may have been produced partially by hand with a tjanting and partially with a batik stamp or tjap. The panel has two sections: one with an off-white ground and blue floral/insect designs; the other with a dark blue ground and lighter blue and white floral and butterfly designs. The sections are vertically divided by 2 undulating borders of flowers and leaves. This border also occurs along the lower edge above a 1/2" border of vertical dark blue and off-white lines. The same 1/2" border of vertical lines occurs along the upper edge. Under this border is a 1-1/4" border of dark blue ground with small flowers and leaves. The upper and lower edges are selvage edges. The side or short edges are cut. Sarongs were commonly sewn into a tube. The size of this piece compared with a complete sarong in the collection seems to indicate that little if any of the sarong was lost.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2014; Patricia Dallam, Joppa, MD; Henrietta Cowman George Price
CHECK THESE REFERENCES FROM 1962.4.9
Gittinger, Mattiebelle, Textiles for this World and Beyond: Treasures from Insular Southeast Asia, London: Scala Publishers, 2005, p. 56, fig. 4.9.
Van Roojen, Pepikn, Batik Design, Boston: Shambhala, 1997, pp. 81-97, esp. p. 84-85.
Cecil Lubell (ed.), Textile Collections of the World, Vol. 3 - France, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1977, pp. 66-67, illus.
Cecil Lubell (ed.), Textile Collections of the World, Vol. 2 - United Kingdom - Ireland, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1976, pp. 178-179.
Peggy Stoltz Gilfoy, Fabrics in Celebration from the Collection, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1983, pp. 65-69.
Mary Hunt Kahlenberg, Textile Traditions of Indonesia, Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977, pp. 59-72.
Jack Lenor Larsen, The Dyer's Art: Ikat, Batik, Plangi, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976, pp. 77-79; pp. 87-94, pp. 114-127.
Mattibelle Gittinger, 'Conversations with a Batik Master,' Textile Museum Journal, Vol. 18, 1979, pp. 25-32.
Gittinger, Mattiebelle, Textiles for this World and Beyond: Treasures from Insular Southeast Asia, London: Scala Publishers, 2005, p. 56, fig. 4.9.
Van Roojen, Pepikn, Batik Design, Boston: Shambhala, 1997, pp. 81-97, esp. p. 84-85.
Cecil Lubell (ed.), Textile Collections of the World, Vol. 3 - France, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1977, pp. 66-67, illus.
Cecil Lubell (ed.), Textile Collections of the World, Vol. 2 - United Kingdom - Ireland, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1976, pp. 178-179.
Peggy Stoltz Gilfoy, Fabrics in Celebration from the Collection, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1983, pp. 65-69.
Mary Hunt Kahlenberg, Textile Traditions of Indonesia, Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977, pp. 59-72.
Jack Lenor Larsen, The Dyer's Art: Ikat, Batik, Plangi, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976, pp. 77-79; pp. 87-94, pp. 114-127.
Mattibelle Gittinger, 'Conversations with a Batik Master,' Textile Museum Journal, Vol. 18, 1979, pp. 25-32.
