Product Description

Tiga Negeri

Material: Cotton; tube sarong
Style: Java
Size: Length 202 cm, width 107 cm
Order Number: TP7

Background: Tiga Negeri, meaning three countries, is batik produced in three places. They were a great status symbol and supposed to be the perfect batiks. The theory is that you got the best of all worlds: the best colours and techniques from each area. The main designs and border may be dyed red in Lasem, the filling patterns dyed blue in another north coast town like Demak or Kudus, and soga brown dye in Yogyakarta or Solo.