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Total number of records: 193

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Textiles185
Books and printed items8

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
International Textile Collection185
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society1
Cookery Collection1

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
furniture, dutch colonial1
interior decoration1
furniture1
diet1
colonial administrators1
cooking, indonesian1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Indonesia193
West Java6
Java5
Sulawesi5
Garut4
Jakarta4
Lombok4
Bali4
Karangasem3
Mataram3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)3
Schouten, Wouter2
Tidswell, Pamela2
Owen, Sri1
P.T.Tong Mas1
Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir, 1781-18261
Slamet Riady Weaving Company1
Veenendaal, Jan1
Textile Traders1
Morris, Jan (1926-2020)1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17002
From 18001
From 1900185
From 20005

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17992
Up to 1999137
Up to latest54

Archive Print Item

Raffles

Collis, Maurice (1889-1973); Morris, Jan (1926-2020); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1988

Originally published: 1966.

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Archive Print Item

Frá Malajalöndum

Björgúlfur Ólafsson (1882-1973)

1936

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warp ikat kain sarung
Textile

warp ikat kain sarung

late 20th Century

A red and black kain made up of three panels, all including warp ikat elements. There are also narrow blue, yellow and red stripes running through the material.

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warp ikat shoulder wrap
Textile

warp ikat shoulder wrap

c. 1995

A warp ikat shoulder wrap in browns, in a stripe and patola design. There is a central patterned striped panel between smaller stripes of dots, diamonds and triangles.

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ulos
Textile

ikat ulos

late 20th Century

A cotton ulos (shawl), intended to be worn around the shoulders. It is mostly black with orange, pink and white ikat stripes. The traditional Tenun fabric of the Batak people of North Sumatra, the ulo...

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batik fabric
Textile

batik fabric

20th century

Length of batik fabric with a main pattern of trailing stems with small leaves and flowers. In amongst the stems are flying birds. The border has triangular and square patterning, and a framed oblon...

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batik fabric
Textile

batik fabric

20th century

In pink, white and black diagonal design with flowers and the parang dagger motif. Fringe type patterning on the edge.

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batik fabric
Textile

batik fabric

20th century

Batik fabric length, patterning in black on a white ground. Patterning of flowerheads and other organic forms linked with fine lines that form an infill pattern. Geometric patterning on the border.

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batik shawl
Textile

batik shawl

20th century

A batik shawl dyed in multi-colours, using black, blue, red, yellow and green. The main design patterns are of flying birds and curling vine and tendril foliage. The birds may be influenced by Chines...

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batik fabric
Textile

batik fabric

20th century

Length of batik fabric with trailing foliage and flowers, with birds flying amongst the branches. Includes a wide border of diagonal stripes alternately containing flowering stems and apparently abst...

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batik fabric
Textile

batik fabric

20th century

Fabric length with batik patterning. Main panel has trailing abstracted foliage and flowers with flying birds in amongst the branches. Wide border with striped patterning. Fringed. Patterning in b...

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ikat fabric
Textile

ikat fabric

20th century

Ikat patterned fabric, pattern in white on a brown ground. Includes some coiled line patterning

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