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Batik Timeline

1400-1900 – Batik is traded extensively in South East Asia from the 15th century, and Javanese coastal batik is imported into Malaya well into the 19th century.

1911 – Haji Ishak bin Haji Che Su, the pioneer of batik production in Malaya, starts a batik-making workshop in Kota Bahru, Kelantan.

1910s-1920s – Artists in the West influenced by Art Nouveau start producing batik paintings with narratives.

1900 – Dutch artist Chris Lebeau uses batik to create the cover design for Louis Couperus’ novel De Stille Kracht, set in Java.

1930 – A group of Malay and British officers establish an Arts and Craft Association in Kelantan.

1946 – Chuah Thean Teng starts a batik manufacturing business with his relative Chuah Thean Siang.

1947 – Chuah Thean Teng’s batik business fails, leaving him with a large stock of clothes and imported dyes. He begins to experiment with new artistic approaches in batik.

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