Indonesian textiles : at the tropenmuseum

Author

• Hout, Itie Van

Additional Author(s)

• Wijs, Sonja

Publisher

Volendam: LM Publishers, 2017

Language

English

ISBN

9789460223907

Series

Subject(s)

• REPETITIVE PATTERNS (DECORATIVE ARTS)-PICTORIAL WORKS
• TEXTILE FABRICS-INDONESIA
• TEXTILE DESIGN-INDONESIA

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 225-229. Index: p. 230-231

Abstract

The Tropenmuseum Amsterdam houses about 12,000 textile objects that were collected over a period of 160 years. The majority of the objects were amassed during the time that Indonesia was a Dutch colony, the former Netherlands-Indies. This study presents the collection and the stories of the makers and users of the fabrics as well as those of the collectors who brought them to the Netherlands, who have studied and exhibited them. The textiles originate from all over the archipelago, from Aceh on Sumatra, to Tinambar in the east. A small part of the collection was made in the Netherlands for artistic or commercial reasons.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

232 p.

Dimension

27 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Museums, science and material culture --
Textiles in Indonesia --
The Colonial Administration and the arts and crafts industry --
Colonial collections --
Collecting --
The presentation of textiles : trade, ethnology and design --
Catalogue --
Concluding remarks.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	01820/18	746.09598 Hou I	Library - 7th Floor	Available