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Batik

Shawl
1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Shawl of screen-printed silk. With a large-scale design in blue, pink, brown and green on a grey ground. Within an outer edge of dark blue is a wide border of intense sky blue, defined by ribbon stripes of brown and white with brown and green and pink rosettes at intervals, the outer stripe follows the rectangle of the shawl, and the inner stripe ends in oval curves with large flower heads which string from the inner side of the border. The oval ends to the central field and are filled with a large flower-star shape. The field is scattered with the small rosettes and green crescents bearing blue spots. At the two ends of the shawl, which are machine hemmed, is a knotted silk fringe about 10 inches long, and contains all the colours used in the printed design.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBatik
Materials and techniques
Screen-printed silk, machine-hemmed, knotted silk fringe
Brief description
Shawl 'Batik' of screen-printed silk, made by Langley Print Works, Great Britain, 1920
Physical description
Shawl of screen-printed silk. With a large-scale design in blue, pink, brown and green on a grey ground. Within an outer edge of dark blue is a wide border of intense sky blue, defined by ribbon stripes of brown and white with brown and green and pink rosettes at intervals, the outer stripe follows the rectangle of the shawl, and the inner stripe ends in oval curves with large flower heads which string from the inner side of the border. The oval ends to the central field and are filled with a large flower-star shape. The field is scattered with the small rosettes and green crescents bearing blue spots. At the two ends of the shawl, which are machine hemmed, is a knotted silk fringe about 10 inches long, and contains all the colours used in the printed design.
Dimensions
  • Excluding fringe length: 72in
  • Width: 40.25in
Credit line
Given by Langley Prints
Collection
Accession number
T.83-1964

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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