Those with a passion for rare batik have until April 30 next year to witness the beauty of the intricate patterns being displayed during "A Royal Treasure: The Javanese Batik Collection Of King ...

The Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles is travelling back in time to when King Chulalongkorn fell in love with Javanese culture during his visits to Indonesia and brought home 307 of the finest batiks ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Every morning, Salomina Mallo sits by a large sheet of cotton cloth with a canting, or a spouted batik etching tool, in hand. She then carefully draws dots and patterns with wax on ...

' The best-known fabric from North Sumatra is the ulos,' says Rohayat Edy Gunawan, referring to the traditional woven textile of the province' s large indigenous Batak community. ' Since batik has ...