By Kaitlyn Munro Last spring we conserved a stunning buckskin hunting jacket for The Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia. Go check it out in their current fashion exhibit The Virginia Man: Respect, Responsibility, Rebellion until January 29, 2017. But first, a little history about the gentleman (a fascinating man we might add!) who wore this jacket long […]
Archives for November 2016
Indonesia’s Batik Maestro: Iwan Tirta (1935–2010)
As many friends and colleagues know, I am working on a book about Iwan Tirta, and the fabulous collection of his batik wall hangings owned by the American Embassy Jakarta. The wall hangings were probably acquired for the Embassy between 1973–1985. They are bold, colorful, enlarged Javanese batik motifs such as singa lion, flowers, phoenix, […]
