Title
Skirtcloth
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th century
Region
Pekalongan, Java
Dimension
Object size: L:252.0 x W:103.5
Accession No.
1997-04173
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ng
This ‘kain lepas’ (‘skirtcloth’) was made in the ‘pagi soré’ (‘morning and evening’) style, which has two comparable but different designs on either end. The cloth could thus be reversed to display a different look. Pagi soré became popular during the Second World War due to the shortage of high quality cotton cloth.
