Description
33” x 50” Vintage Asian Batik hand painted fabric art. The beautiful batik is a collection of various scenes of human figures and animals set on an indigo blue color fabric with designs in brick red, blue and black. The batik is a wonderful example of a hand painted wall art.
Batik is one of many methodologies of fabric art in a long and rich folk textile tradition around the world. It is a wax-resist type of dyeing operation where certain sections of a textile are pigmented while others are tied-off and shielded from coloring. Batik designs are created in various geometric motifs that have certain symbolism and convey status within society, but now too they use batik methods to achieve what in essence are paintings on fabric.
- Dimensions: 33” x 50”
- Date of Manufacture: 3rdQuarter of the 1800s
- Place of Origin: Indonesia
- Material: Textile
- Condition: Wear consistent with age and use
SKU: 2261
