Batiks, and how to make them

ILLUSTRATIONS

Chinese Screen Panel by Pieter Mijer and Emile Weeckers

Frontispiece
FACING
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Javanese Kain Kapala 2

Enlarged Detail of Native Sarong

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Native Design Showing European Influence

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Pure Native Design Adapted for European Use

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Conventional Fish Design by Chris Lebeau

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Geometrical Fish Design by Chris Lebeau

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Stork Panel by Chris Lebeau

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Flamingo Curtain by Pieter Mijer

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The Use of Batik in Interior Decoration

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Dyeing of Textile

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Cleaning the Tjanting

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Floral Design Entirely Executed with a Brush

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Various Types of Tjantings

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Scarf Batiked by Hazel Burnham Slaughter

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The Right Way to Hold the Tjanting

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The Use of the Brush for Filling Spaces

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Tank for Separating Wax from Gasoline

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“Spring” by C. Bertram Hartman and Pieter Mijer

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By following the arrows in the above chart it will easily be seen which colours should be mixed together in order to produce a given colour and the various lengths of the connecting lines indicate about the proportion in which the dyes should be used

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Successive Stages in the Making of a Batik

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Successive Stages in the Making of a Batik

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The Use of Batik for Costume

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Sorceress by Arthur Crisp and Pieter Mijer

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