Javanese Woman Weaving Cloth on a Loom, Kassian Céphas, c. 1867 - c. 1910

albumen print, h 158mm × w 218mm More details

Photographs of traditional crafts were popular with European visitors to Asia. The sultan of Yogyakarta’s court supported many traditional cotton and silk weavers. This young woman uses a backstrap loom, keeping tension on the warp threads by leaning her back against a wooden beam.