ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BATIK DESIGNS
East Brunswick: 1982. 632 pages, 550 b/w and 50 color photographs and reproductions of batik designs made from tjaps (printing blocks). Cloth cover. Item #1854
This study, the first to be published on Indonesian batik designs made from tjaps (printing blocks), fills a very apparent void, and should remain a perennial resource volume for any textile library. The proliferation of fabric designs in the Indonesian Archipelago has created almost limitless demands for new and wider varieties of patterns. In this important volume, the textile imagery is stunningly reproduced (the illustrations are proofs made directly from tjaps), while the text describes the evolution and use of differnt types of tjaps (with an illustration of each) and discusses modern methods of batik design.
Price: $175.00