JAVANESE BATIK the collection Rudolf G. Smend, Cologne, Germany
24 September - 30 December 2006
Deutsches Textilmuseum Krefeld www.krefeld.de

fig.: Sarong, Kudus, Nordküste Javas, 1930 - 1935

Rudolf G. Smend has imported the knowledge about this technology of printing to Germany. The different patterns are the product of the intense cultural exchange between Central Jave where the textiles come from and India, China, Europe and the Arab World. next>>>