A selection of Batik Indonesia from the Hardjonegaran House.
Affordable, yet unique with a famous legacy...
Batik with a combination of stamp and hand-drawn designs, hand dyed and finished
Batik Indonesia dengan kombinasi cap dan tulis
kain panjang approximately 2.60 m X 1.05 m
Sojourner presents a selection of affordable batiks from the house of the batik maestro, KRT (as he was then) Hardjonagoro in Solo, Central Java.
Hardjonagoro was born in 1931 as Go Tik Swan and he was descended from an ethnic-Chinese family of batik merchants in Surakarta, Central Java. He was a confidente of the first president of Indonesia, who in 1955 gave him a suggestion to create a genre of batik known as "Batik Indonesia" which would comprise and envelope the different styles of batik from the coast as well as from the interior. With this suggestion in mind, he created a combination batik which adapted bright shades and extrovert styles of the North Coast that were enjoined with the traditional standard styles of the inland areas of Solo and Yogya. They were an instant success in their time and were eagerly collected by the elite and were also presented as state gifts to visiting heads of state and their spouses.
Go Tik Swan passed away in 2008 with the title of Panembahan Hardjonagoro bestowed to him by the current ruler of the senior court in Surakarta.
The legacy of his Batik Indonesia creations are continued in a limited way by his heirs.
These are in standard kain panjang lengths which are standard Javanese waist-cloths or wraps which can be contemporaneously adapted as decorative wall hangings, interior furnishings or tailored into shirts and blouses.
We hope that you would enjoy the selection and motifs and please excuse us for the poor photography and presentation but the quality of the fabrics themselves are superb.
Please inquire.
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