A monograph-length study by Tassilo Adam, former ethnologist of the Netherlands East Indies Government, on the wax-resist art of batik as practiced in central Java, especially Jokjakarta and Solo. It covers preparation of cotton and silk, wax application with the tjanting, indigo and soga-brown dyeing, and wax removal. A large section classifies traditional designs (swastika-derived, tjeplokkan, kawoeng, parang, floral and wing motifs, forbidden royal patterns) with their Javanese names and meanings. It closes with sections on batik dress forms (headcloth, sarong, dodot), block-printed batiks, a bibliography, an index and a list of illustrations; many plates of line drawings and photographs illustrate the designs.