Antique batik on display

Wed, 24 Feb 1999, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): Danar Hadi batik house is holding a one-week
exhibition of antique batik to mark the opening of its new
furniture gallery called Jawi Antik on the ground floor of its
store on Jl. Melawai Raya, South Jakarta.

The exhibition, which is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. until
Saturday, features part of the 5,000 items collected by Santosa
Doellah, the owner of Danar Hadi. The collection, which has never
previously been made public before, is not for sale. Only
reproductions are available, according to Sjamsidar Isa, public
relations manager of the batik house.

In the exhibition, visitors can observe handmade batik dating
back to the 18th century. They include the batik of the
Yogyakarta and Surakarta royal palaces as well as Dutch and
Japanese batik. There is also batik with Chinese elements.

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