History of Batik Pekalongan

History of Batik in Pekalongan start of post-war and discord in the kingdom of Mataram, who was led by the king Panembahan Senopati. War against the Dutch colonial and divisions among the palace is often the case, until the point where the most severe conditions caused many families to flee and settle king in areas such as the Pekalongan new. Royal families who are already have a tradition of batik and the refuge is that developed into the area pengunsian in Pekalongan.

In the area of ​​Pekalongan batik eventually grow exponentially as in one case, and Wonopringgo Pekajangan. Families who fled the palace and bring his followers into new areas, and batik on the ground continued and later became a job for livelihood. Batik patterns in this new area as well adapted to the circumstances surrounding area.

Until the early twentieth century the process of batik is batik known morinya substance made ​​in the country and also some import. After the war new world of unity known batik fabrication and use of foreign medicines made ​​in Germany and the UK.

At the beginning of the 20th century first recognized in Pekajangan is weaving that produces its own spun yarn Stagen and simple. In recent years new known batik is done by people who worked weaving sector.

Growth and more rapid development of batik weaving Stagen and never sugar mill workers in Wonopringgo and Tirto companies ran into batik, because wages are higher than the sugar factory. The materials used for weaving your own fabric and paint materials made ​​from trees such as noni, tom tree, Soga Java, and so forth.