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The Wuppertal collection of textiles from what is now Indonesia was donated by Eduard von der Heydt to the Städtisches Museum Wuppertal in 1937. He bought them from the art dealer Carel van Lier in Amsterdam. They originally belonged to the collection of the German-Jewish banker Georg Tillmann, who lived in Amsterdam from 1932. Of the original 80 textiles, 68 have survived to the present day, consisting of fabrics from the islands of Java, Sumatra, Timor, Borneo and Bali in ikat or batik technique. Most of the pieces were created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when what is now Indonesia was under Dutch colonial rule.
Former object number W 8.
Silk songekt fabric with a red, weft-finished canvas ground, which is decorated almost throughout with variously wide, launched pattern weft stripes made of silver-coloured metal threads (metal lahn around thread core). Isolated pattern weft stripes are underlaid with green or purple weft stripes. The pattern weft is inserted after every second ground weft. Side edges are formed by unfinished selvedges, the narrow sides of the fabric are hemmed by hand, with the seams on the upper side of the fabric. Individual silk threads are sewn onto the hems, each woven into fringes approx. 35 cm long. Tufts of thread are twisted into the tips of the individual threads to form pompoms.
The belt was probably sewn together from two parts at a later date as part of an alteration.
presumably after 1932-presumably June 1935: Georg Tillmann (1882-1941), Amsterdam | [...]-presumably June 1935: Kunstzaal Van Lier by Carel van Lier, Amsterdam. June 1935: Kunstzaal Van Lier by Carel van Lier, Amsterdam; on commission from the aforementioned | June 1935-1964: Eduard Freiherr von der Heydt (1882-1964), Ascona [on loan to the Städtisches Museum Wuppertal, since spring 1937] | 1964-today: Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal; donation by Eduard Freiherr von der Heydt, Ascona (as at: 03.04.2025)
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Sarong
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Sarong, Java, possibly Indramayu
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Shawl, Aceh
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Shawl, Minangkabau
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Blanket, Borneo
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Shawl, Pekalongan (?)
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Shawl, Savu
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Sarong, Savu
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Shawl, Sumatra, Palembang or Muntok on Bangka
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Sarong, Java, Semarang
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