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The Wuppertal textiles from what is now Indonesia came from Eduard von der Heydt, who gave them to the Städtisches Museum Wuppertal in 1937. The museum bought them from the art dealer Carel van Lier in Amsterdam. They were originally part of the curated collection of the German-Jewish banker Georg Tillmann, who lived in Amsterdam from 1932. Of the original 80 textiles, 68 have survived to this day, including fabrics from the islands of Java, Sumatra, Timor, Borneo and Bali in ikat, songket or batik techniques. 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 I 2.
Shoulder cloth from Sumatra. Plain weave, warp-faced cotton fabric, warp-patterned. The approximately 54 cm wide centre stripe is made up of 52 narrow, blue and white patterned warp stripes, which are interrupted by equally narrow red warp stripes. The wide red edge stripes change colour as two different red warp threads are woven alternately in this area of the fabric. Red or blue weft threads in sections. White, unfinished selvedges on both fabric edges. The weave ends are formed by twisted warp fringes of different lengths (side 1: approx. 11 cm/ side 2: approx. 14 cm), each of which is decorated with a 0.7 cm wide, white and red patterned twisted braid border on the fabric edge.
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, Java, possibly Indramayu
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Blanket, Borneo
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Sarong for men, Aceh
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Sarong, Sumatra, Lampung
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Shawl, Aceh
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Shawl, Sumatra, Palembang
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Shawl, Central Timor
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Sarong, Tanimbar Archipelago
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Selimut (shawl for men), Central Timor
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Sarong, Java, Semarang
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