Author: DEMMENI, JEAN [PHOTOGRAPHER, 1866-1939] - JAVA - HAT-PLAITING -
Title: Hoedenvlechten voor Europa, West-Java. [Originele uitgave; Original edition].
Description: Haarlem, Kleynenberg & Co., [circa], 19111. Large folio, 73x60cm. Original black/white picture in photogravure, printed on heavy limp paer, illustrating three javanese women plaiting [summer] hats on behalf of european market, with a number of finished models at background. Situated at West-Java, dutch colonial Indonesia. Title in bold black type at tail in dutch language, publ. name at lower left corner beneath illustrated area. [Kleynenberg, plate no. 112]. Captioned monochrome scenery illustrating plaiting of Summar Hats on West-Java by women on behalf of the Europeand market. Original reproduction after the original photography by Jean Demmeni, a french Indo-European who worked for the Haarlem published of Educational Classroom Wall plates between 1911-1913. Fine copy.

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