Five Centuries of Indonesian Textiles Exhibition Editors: Jan van Campen dan

Editors: Jan van Campen dan Titus Eliëns

the original signature notes indicating the name of the pattern and who was allowed to wear it

Approximately 70 works of textiles including three works from the Democratic Republic of East Timur along with raw cotton and hand spun cotton were exhibited

The covers show only the slightest signs of shelf wear

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Five Centuries of Indonesian Textiles Exhibition Editors: Jan van Campen danIncluding many rare and antique examples, this luxurious volume introduces readers to the intoxicating and complex beauty of Indonesian cloth. Since the 1970s Mary Hunt Kahlenberg has been building her collection of exquisite ceremonial garments and sacred textiles from throughout Indonesia's chain of tropical islands. Dating from the past five centuries and brought together here for the first time in book form, these woven and batiked hangings,