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The Vinson Collection of Indonesian Textiles

Glenn Vinson

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English
CA Book Publishing
01 October 2023
Antiques & collectables: carpets, rugs & textiles
The textiles here have been organised by several broad categories, beginning with type, and then by area of origin, dating and style. First are ikats and prints from India: the ikats woven in silk as “double ikats” and known as patola, and two prints that are cotton chintz. Though made in India, these textiles were all found in Sumatra, with the patola being highly-prized heirlooms used ceremonially, and the prints being used widely in trade across Indonesia from Sumatra to the Eastern Islands.

Next are ikats and other woven textiles organised by origin, moving West to East, from Sumatra to Borneo, Sulawesi, Bali, and Timor. For all of these pieces, the material was hand spun or commercial cotton, silk, or sometimes a mixture of the two.

Lastly are batiks, mostly from Java. The first three are the oldest batiks in this collection, each of which has been analysed by radiocarbon dating and found to originate in the 17th and 18th centuries, respectively. These batiks are made on hand spun cotton.

The batiks here are from Sumatra and Java (the great mother-temple of batik artistry), ranging in age, after the proto-batiks described above, from the early 19th century to mid-20th century. They vary in style from the most traditional, including those distinctive in colour and pattern from the kratons (palaces) of the sultans, Indian influences from chintz and other Indian imports, to Chinese-inspired depictions of animals, insects, plants and flowers, to French-inspired Art Nouveau mostly via Batik Belanda.

This collection of Indonesian textiles and some related Indian textiles that were popular and influential in Indonesian usage and design came together in a series of collecting periods spanning nearly 40 years.

AUTHOR: Glenn Vinson is a retired lawyer and private investor who lived and worked in Hong Kong and Singapore for seven years through 1981. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. He was a Commissioner of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, and Trustee of the Asia Art Museum Foundation for more than 20 years, and Treasurer for 17 years. He and Joan have collected Indonesian textiles as well as Chinese and Japanese ceramics and pottery since 1980.

188 colour illustrations
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Imprint:   CA Book Publishing
Country of Publication:   Hong Kong
Dimensions:   Height: 330mm,  Width: 254mm, 
Weight:   1.833kg
ISBN:   9789887608912
ISBN 10:   9887608912
Pages:   214
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified
1. About the Collection 2. Maps 3. Usage Notes 4. List of Textiles 5. Indian, Brocades, Embroidery and Songkets 6. Batiks 7. Glossary 8. Some Useful References 9. The Collectors 10. Acknowledgements

Glenn Vinson is a retired lawyer and private investor who lived and worked in Hong Kong and Singapore for seven years through 1981. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. He was a Commissioner of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, and Trustee of the Asia Art Museum Foundation for more than 20 years, and Treasurer for 17 years. He and Joan have collected Indonesian textiles as well as Chinese and Japanese ceramics and pottery since 1980.

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