CHIESSI cotton BATIK sarong with tribal patterns. The designs decorating the sarong are made using the batik technique. A typical and traditional craft for your ideal summer sarong. This is also a multipurpose accessory, adaptable and easy to wear.
Batik is a decorative fabric technique known as resist dyeing. Fabrics, preferably white and made of natural animal or plant fibers (cotton and linen), are immersed in a dye bath after having reserved (i.e., covered) the areas that should not be dyed with wax melted in a double boiler and then left to cool before dyeing.
The process can be repeated several times, reserving other areas and dyeing with progressively darker colors. For this reason, each sarong is a unique piece and can vary in color and intensity precisely due to the artisanal craftsmanship.
Furthermore, this cotton sarong with tribal patterns can also be used as a sarong, which is a large piece of cotton draped around the waist and worn as a skirt by men and women in many parts of Asia.
The fabric is often dyed with bright natural colors or worked with various geometries and patterns.
Discover all the specifications of this BATIK cotton sarong with tribal patterns!
This type of sarong is ideal to wear as
- skirt cover-up
- dress cover-up
- tube dress cover-up
- one-shoulder dress
- beach towel
- wall hanging (ethnic decoration)
- summer and/or winter scarf
- all-purpose cover
- summer baby wrap
How an artisanal batik sarong is made: the processing phases
1. Wax application
The artisan hand-draws patterns on the fabric with hot wax, protecting the areas that should retain their original color.
2. Dye bath
The sarong is immersed in the dye: the color penetrates the unwaxed areas, progressively revealing the batik design.
3. Rinse and dry
After dyeing, the fabric is rinsed and left to dry in natural light, revealing patterns, shades, and slight artisanal irregularities.

4. Final check
Once dry, the sarong is laid out, checked, and hand-finished, verifying color uniformity, edges, and overall fabric quality.

The images are illustrative representations of the main phases of batik processing.