Batik on cotton, with a slightly patina shine. This sarong was part of a museum de-accession. There are condition issues: several dark stains (see images) as well as a number of slits caused by mordant corrosion: most of these splits have been backed by webbed patches. 73" x 40". This batik was acquired as a result of a de-accession from the Montclair Art Museum of New Jersey. This textile still has the exhibition cloth hanging tabs hand-sewn on the backside. The only exhibition of Javanese batiks at that museum took place during the year 1932, under the title �Javanese Batiks: collection of Paul E Vernon�. Paul Vernon exhibited collection textiles � perhaps the same ones - at one other museum: during 1928 they had an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum similarly titled �Javanese Batiks: Paul E. Vernon Collection�. The Paul E.Vernon family did not donate their entire collection to the Montclair Art Museum: the MET in 1958 has on file that they acquired �Mrs. Paul E. Vernon: 13 batiks, Javanese, xix century�, presumably after her husbands death. Note that items 2590, 2592 and 2595 of this gallery have the same purchase history.