Indonesian Batik: Processes, Patterns and Plates, Images of Asia, 1989, Very Good HC

Fraser-Lu, Sylvia. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1989.

English, Very Good, HC, 12mo, 7 7/8" x 5 3/8", 108 pp. 

ISBN: 0195826612

Hardcover in pictorial paper. Some foxing and minor sunning. 108 pp. Includes 30 full-color and 10 black-and-white images, 25 illustrative figures, and endpaper maps. From the back panel: "'Images of Asia' offers a range of titles covering aspects of life and culture in East Asia. Each book in the series combines an introductory text, written for the non-specialist reader by an authority on the subject, with extensive illustrations both in colour and black-and-white." This volume covers the tradition of Indonesian batik, with discussions on the artistic process, its presence on traditional clothing such as the sarong, the designs that vary from region to region and social status, and the centers of production.