Batik and other pattern dyeing

by Walter Davis Baker; Ida Strawn Baker

BATIK AND OTHER
PATTERN DYEING

BY
WALTER DAVIS BAKER
AND
IDA STRAWN BAKER
OF
THE WALDCRAFT STUDIOS
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

1920
ATKINSON, MENTZER & COMPANY
CHICAGO

COPYRIGHT 1920 BY
ATKINSON, MENTZER & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

THE CONTENTS

I
History and Character of Batiks	[11]
II
The Principles of Dyeing Fabrics	[35]
III
Wax Resist Processes	[54]
IV
Batiks and Other Illuminated Textiles	[75]
V
Dyeing for Plays and Pageants	[97]
VI
Tie-Dyed Work	[109]
VII
Stick Printing, Block Printing and Stencil Dyeing	[123]

THE PREFACE

ONE of the hopeful observations during the few years of applied art education in our schools has been the readiness with which educators have taken up and kept problems in which the mediums of expression were practical and efficient, suitable for the purpose intended, and the equal readiness with which they have dropped other problems.