Beautiful hand drawn batik

Indigo and white sampler

A wonderful example of a design sampler featuring 24 named designs. This new cloth has been all hand drawn by the women of Giriloyo village who make batik for the Sultan of Jogyakarta.

Size 1.02 x 2.40 cms with 24 designs of 30 x 33 cms.

Storm clouds

A fabulous hand drawn batik from the northern coastal town of Cirebon in Java.

The design is called "megamendung" which means "storm clouds". This area of Java has many batik making families of Chinese origin and the batik cloths reflect the favourite colours and designs of China.

This design can be seen in many traditional Chinese ceramics and embroideries.

Colours: Bright red, white and pale to very deep blues.

Age and condition: new

Size approx: 1.04 x 2.35m 

Natural dyed birds and flowers

A lovely contemporary hand darwn batik which is dyed using natural indigo and soga brown dyes. New and perfect condition

Size: 1.05 x 2.45 cms

Hand drawn batik with diamonds

A lovely vintage cloth from Central Java. All hand drawn with large lozenge shaped diamonds of four well known batik designs including "truntum" stars, butterflies and rice spririt houses.

This cloth is between 50 and 75 years old. Very good condition. Natural dyes of indigo and soga.

Size: 1.02 x 2.25m

Tiga Negeri Hand drawn batik breastcloth

A stunning hand drawn batik "kemben" (or breastcloth)  made sometime in the 1930s/40s. "Tiga negeri" means "three states" and refers to the fact that the cloth was sent to three different parts of Java for the natural dyes (indigo blue, soga brown and morinda red). The workshop name was sometimes batiked onto the fabric so that it would be returned safely home! Beautiful designs of flowers, water birds and butterflies. A real piece of textile history. in very good  condition.

Size: 60 x 240 cms

Hand drawn batik from Tuban

A wonderful example of a batik cloth from the north of Java known as Tuban Batik. The cotton is grown, spun and woven in the village. The beeswax is applied by hand and the dye is made from locally grown indigo. A totally organic piece of art!. With a lovely hand twisted fringe.

Size Approx 60 cms x 3 metres

Batik headcloth square (iket)

A beautiful hand stamped (cap batik) square  with a central lozenge and a design of birds, and pavillions. Cloths like these are made to be made into a kind of turban for men especially for the guards who work in the Sulatn's Palace. In Java its called an iket.

Colours: indigo blue, terracotta brown and cream.

Size: 102 cms square

Kemben (breast cloth)

A hand drawn batik cloth made in Jogyakarta in Central Java. Kemben with their distinctive central plain coloured lozenge are worn by dancers and women of the Sultan's court as garments which cover the top half of the body.

Colours: black, deep indigo blue, mid brown, ivory

Age: 60 years +

Size: 51 cms x 250 cms

Condition: very good, one small tear in one corner

Batik sampler with map

A sampler cloth from Central Java featuring a map of the country of Indonesia, surrounded by typical Javanese batik designs.

Colours: Indigo blue,black, mid brown, ivory

Size: 104 x 175 cms

Age: new

Design sampler

A hand drawn design sample cloth from Pekalongan featuring 28 named designs. The cloth is designed to hang vertically and has a sleeve at each end for hanging it easily.

Colours: black background, khaki brown and white

Age and condition: new

Size 177 x 102 cms ( 5'8 x 3'3)

Sumatran Batik Cloth

A batik shawl called a "Juffri" made in Cirebon, Java for the Sumatran market. This cloth is new and bought by us from the workshop just outside Cirebon. Lovely deep red and pale browns

Size: 1m x 2.25m

Art Deco design

A beautiful cloth with unusual large floral designs. Designs such as this clearly influenced and inspired William Morris and the Art Deco artists when batik cloths like this were brought over from Java to Holland in the 1860s.

Dyes: Vegetable dyes, indigo and soga brown

Colours: Very deep blue,milk chocolate brown and ivory

Age and condition: Worn but well cared for, the cotton is very silky and in very good condition. 70 - 80 years old

Size: 250 x 104 cms (8' x 3'4)

Double patchwork bedcover in vintage batik

A beautiful and unique patchwork bed cover made in Java - this is suitable for a large double or king size bed. The patchwork is made from beautiful pieces of hand made vintage Javanese batik in indigo blue, white, pale yellow and cream. These fabrics are old and should be treated with care!

The backing and borders are in a plain deep navy blue twill.

All cotton fabric.

Size: 2.15 m x 2.15 m

Double patchwork bedcover in vintage batik.

A patchwork bed cover made in Java - this is suitable for a large double or king size bed. The patchwork is made from beautiful pieces of hand drawn vintage Javanese batik in indigo blue, gold, yellow and cream. These fabrics are old and should be treated with care!

The backing and borders are in a plain deep navy blue twill.

All cotton fabric.

Size: 2.15 m x 2.15 m