Batik motifs are created with philosophy in mind. Diagonal layers (lereng) and waves on this batik represent challenging life, the vines with buds, flowers and leaves represent a flourish life, and geometrical square and circles represent a balance life, steady or perseverance. This scarf carries a message that a flourish, prosper and happy life is a fruit when we persevere in this challenging life. See more motif story and batik process below.

This luxury all season scarf is an original batik, one of a kind, handmade by the fifth generation of highly respected and finest batik artist family in Cirebon, a batik town in North Coast of West Java.

Using high quality silk, soft, smooth and lustrous. Drapes well, flow nicely, beautiful design and color.

A beautiful accent or a blend to your outfit for either a dressy or a casual events.

Suitable for any occasions, dinner date, corporate meeting, or a casual outing. A special gift for any women.

Your purchase contributes to preservation of this ancient art and livelihood of the artisans.

Color: Dark brown, beige & teal. Double faced.

Measure: 21" W x 80" L.

100% Silk.

Care: Hand-wash, lay flat to dry or dry clean.

Motif & Batik Process

This scarf shows a mixture of lereng, ceplok geometrical motif and lung-lungan. Ceplok motif shown as squares, circles that represent balance, steady, perseverance, and lung-lungan as lush vine with leaves, buds and flowers represent flourish life. The motifs of this scarf convey a message of a flourished, prosper and happy life is a fruit when we persevere in this challenging life. This motif originated from North Coast of Java island. See Batik Patterns & Motifs for more info.

Both canting (hand-drawn tool) and copper stamp are used for applying malam (hot wax) to create the design on this silk scarf. The silk is then hand dipped in dye for a few times to achieve the color intended. The silk covered by wax resist the dye. This process is repeated for each color, then silk is dipped in boiling water to remove the wax and dried under the sunlight to bring out the vibrant color. The wax then going through recycling process to be re-used. See Batik Art for more info.

Fringe finish at ends are carefully hand twisted.

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