Eliza Charlotte (Lies) Van Zuylen

Place: Batavia (Jakarta)

Born: 1863

Death: 1947

Biography:

Eliza Charlotte (Lies) van Zuylen was born in 1863 in Batavia (Jakarta) as the daughter of a Dutch soldier and an Indo-European woman. She was a Dutch-Indonesian batik artist who established a batik workshop in Pekalongan in 1890. She is credited for popularising the batik design of large repeating floral bouquets, known as the 'buketan' style. Van Zuylen's batiks are known for their large-scale floral arrangements, probably derived from European textile designs. She copied the designs of other batik businesswomen but also produced her own creations. Van Zuylen died in 1947.