ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
Chinese Screen Panel by Pieter Mijer and Emile Weeckers Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Javanese Kain Kapala 2
Enlarged Detail of Native Sarong 4
Native Design Showing European Influence 14
Pure Native Design Adapted for European Use 14
Conventional Fish Design by Chris Lebeau 26
Geometrical Fish Design by Chris Lebeau 28
Stork Panel by Chris Lebeau 30
Flamingo Curtain by Pieter Mijer 30
The Use of Batik in Interior Decoration 32
Dyeing of Textile 34
Cleaning the Tjanting 34
Floral Design Entirely Executed with a Brush 36
Various Types of Tjantings 46
Scarf Batiked by Hazel Burnham Slaughter 50
The Right Way to Hold the Tjanting 54
The Use of the Brush for Filling Spaces 54
Tank for Separating Wax from Gasoline 58
“Spring” by C. Bertram Hartman and Pieter Mijer 64
By following the arrows in the above chart it will easily be seen which colours should be mixed together in order to produce a given colour and the various lengths of the connecting lines indicate about the proportion in which the dyes should be used 68
Successive Stages in the Making of a Batik 74
Successive Stages in the Making of a Batik 76
The Use of Batik for Costume 78
Sorceress by Arthur Crisp and Pieter Mijer 80
BATIKS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM
BATIKS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM