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Batik  
DEFINITION
  • Dying or printing method, as a javanian style. It uses wax as resist in the process. The designed areas are covered with wax, which repeals the colour. When the wax is dissolved or removed, mainly by boiling it, applying solvent or ironing over, the design appears uncoloured with a coloured ground.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2014; Segal, William. Encyclopedia of Textiles. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1972.
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