id:			97613
accession number:	1917.26
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.26
updated:		2025-02-14 13:29:45.872000

Sarong, mid-1800s. Indonesia, Java, North Coast, mid-19th century. Cotton: plain weave, wax-resist dyed (batik); overall: 106 x 192.4 cm (41 3/4 x 75 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. James J. Tracy 1917.26

title:				Sarong
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creation date:			mid-1800s
creation date earliest:		1840
creation date latest:		1860
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. James J. Tracy
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culture:	Indonesia, Java, North Coast, mid-19th century
technique:	Cotton: plain weave, wax-resist dyed (batik)
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 106 x 192.4 cm (41 3/4 x 75 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Techniques of Textile Printing
	opening date:   1948-10-11T04:00:00
	<i>Techniques of Textile Printing</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 11, 1948-May 29, 1949).

	title:		Design in Printed Textiles
	opening date:   1961-04-07T05:00:00
	<i>Design in Printed Textiles</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 7-September 3, 1961).

	title:		Fiberworks: Tradition and Technique
	opening date:   1977-10-05T04:00:00
	<i>Fiberworks: Tradition and Technique</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 5-November 11, 1977).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. James J. [Jane Allyn Foote] Tracy [1857–1944], Cleveland, OH, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1917
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1917–
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CITATIONS

	Larsen, Jack Lenor, and Bob Hanson. <em>The Dyer's Art: Ikat, Batik, Plangi</em>. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976.
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	Wessing, Robert. 1986. "Wearing the Cosmos: Symbolism in Batik Design". <em>Crossroads : an Interdiscliplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies</em>. 2, no. 3: 40-82.
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	Maxwell, Robyn J. <em>Sari to Sarong: Five Hundred Years of Indian and Indonesian Textile Exchange</em>. [Canberra?]: National Gallery of Australia, 2003.
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	Khan Majlis, Brigitte. <em>The Art of Indonesian Textiles: The E.M. Bakwin Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.</em> [Chicago]: Art Institute of Chicago, 2007.
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	Kumar, Prakash. <em>Indigo Plantations and Science in Colonial India</em>. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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	Adam, Tassilo. <em>The Art of Batik: Weaving and Dyeing in Java</em>. [United States]: Read Books Ltd, 2016.
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