Eliza van Zuylen is a batik maker legend in Indonesia. She is a Dutch woman. Eliza van Zuylen lived in Indonesia arround 1863 - 1947 when Dutch were colonizing Indonesia. Below are Eliza van Zuylen's sign.
Dutch batik came into being & developed between 1840 & 1940, almost always in the form of a sarong and initially made only for the Dutch & Indo Dutch Eurasians, and primarily in the coastal region (Pekalongan).
Combination of bouquet with various flowers and butterflies. This combination batik motif was made in lasem, a small city in central java.
Java Hokokai is an old batik motif with picture of flowers garden arounded by butterflies. This motif was designed around 1940, when Japan colonialism was happening.
Kawung is a simple batik pattern from java. White circle on the dark brown background. Recently, batik designers make many new pattern looks from this kawung pattern
Word of Hokokai was took from japanese word. The Hokokai motif was designed when Japan were colonizing Indonesia on arround 1940. Now, batik Java Hokokai appears with many motifs.
