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Batik Puro Mangkunegaran




Batik from the court of Mangkunegaran has the colors and motifs similar to those of Kraton Surakarta. Its appearance however is matching and beautiful, because always depicts very fine and intricate “isen latar” (= background filling) and isen motif (= motif filling).
Besides Puro Mangkunegaran owns many potential batik artists. “The Pakis” and “Sarpo” motifs are very famous motifs created by artists of Puro Mangkunegaran.