From Sarong to Sari: Rabindranath Tagore and the Batik of Java

NSW Textile Study Group Event with Maria Wronska-Friend

Date: 11 March 2025
Time: -
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
Following his 1927 visit to Indonesia, Rabindranath Tagore - the great Indian writer and artist - introduced the technique of Javanese batik to West Bengal. It evolved into a significant cottage industry, nowadays practised by several thousand people. The talk will be illustrated with batik saris made at Santiniketan in West Bengal.