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Kebaya with Pink Peonies

Title

Year/Period

early-mid 20th century

Region

Java, Indonesia

Material

Cotton

Dimension

Gross measurement: 69.7 x 113.2 cm

Accession No.

2016-00695

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kip Lee

This kebaya is printed with sprays of pink peonies and scalloped at its finely sewn edges. Kebayas with elongated tapered ends were popular in the 1930s and many were commissioned by Peranakan women. It is part of a donation which contains a mixture of garments worn by Peranakan men and women.