A beautiful batik sarong from Pekalongan in Java. Tulis is the Indonesian word
used to describe a batik that is totally handmade by "kanting" (pouring) the
wax onto the material. It is not made by stamp or by mechanically printing onto
the material. This is the traditional and most labour intensive way of making a
batik.

Pekalongan is a famous batik centre on the north coast of Java where the
Chinese first introduced synthetic dyes and floral motifs. This lovely batik
has a central panel with a pale blue background with a classic birds,
butterflies and floral spay design in very nice pastel colours and a slightly
naive style of drawing. The rest of the batik has a dark green background. It
is on good soft cotton and in very good condition but the main panel does have
some marks showing its age and there is one rice grain size hole, see photos.
Otherwise a gorgeous, classic batik.

A Sarong is made by taking a long piece of batik and sewing the two short
edges together to form a tube. Mostly made for use by women. This one is 110cm
high by 200cm long (if opened up).

A superb example of Indonesian batik.