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Shawl, Sawu

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 11. Shawl for women. Warp-faced, plain-weave fabric made of cotton fibre; dark blue fabric base; patterned with wider and narrower warp stripes (light blue, red and white), which are bordered by plain red warp stripes; selvedges on both long sides; one white and one red twisted braid row each as a fabric border; twisted warp fringes on both sides.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Textilien
Dimensions
Height: 158 cm
Width: 585 mm
Weight: 298 g
Material/Technique
Cotton, Weaving art
Object genre
Non-European art
Current location
Von der Heydt-Museum
Inventory number
A 2024/12

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1899-1900
    where
    Kepulauan Sawu
    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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