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Chest and shoulder scarf, Bali / Palembang

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, 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 item number W 23. Breast and shoulder cloth. Red-ground, weft-patterned silk fabric with twisted warp fringes (each approx. 20 cm long) on both narrow sides. Alternating patterned weft stripes of gilded metal threads (metal thread around the thread core) and weft satin stripes. Two white weft strips on each side. Selvedges on both sides.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Textilien
Dimensions
Height: 344 cm
Width: 43 cm
Weight: 178 g
Material/Technique
Metal threads, Silk, Weaving art, Silk, metal threads
Object genre
Non-European art
Current location
Von der Heydt-Museum
Inventory number
A 2024/47

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1900
    where
    Bali
    who
    Not clarified
  • Change of physical control or legal title:
    Not clarified
    when
    probably after 1932 - probably June 1935
    where
    Amsterdam
    who
    Tillmann, Georg - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    probably June 1935
    where
    Amsterdam
    who
    Lier, Carel van - Sellers
    Description
    on commission from Georg Tillmann at Carel van Lier
Provenance
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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