Title
Headcloth
Year/Period
1920s
Region
Surakarta, Central Java
Material
Technique
Dimension
Gross measurement: H: 122.5,
x W: 123.5cm
x W: 123.5cm
Accession No.
2007-55854
Collection of
This headcloth features the ‘Tiga Negeri’ dyeing style. It has red hue of North coast of Lasem, the floral bouquet of Pekalongan and the soga brown and indigo background fillers of Surakarta in central Java.‘Tiga Negeri’ batik combined the best styles and colours from several Javanese batik-making towns. The first waxing and dyeing was usually done in a north-coast town with the second waxing and final dyeing in central Java. The combinations of towns, styles and dyes in these batiks were almost limitless. The production of ‘tiga negeri’ batik stopped at the start of World War II.
