Five Centuries of Indonesian Textiles - Hardcover

Ruth Barnes; Mary Hunt Kahlenberg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3791350714 ISBN 13: 9783791350714

Publisher: Prestel, 2010

Synopsis

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, ceremonial mats, jackets, shawls, and head cloths form a stunning array that will draw the attention of anyone with a love of art, fine craftsmanship, and design. Large, elegantly presented photographs show the textiles in incredible closeup detail and full expanse, making it possible to appreciate their technical brilliance and rich colours as well as the dazzling assortment of intricate patterns and motifs. Including essays by leading anthropologists and art historians, this book brings readers into a world ruled by the belief that weavings communicate with and transform those who come into contact with them.

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Review:

'Since the 1970s Mary Hunt Kahlenberg has formed her own private collection...including woven batiked hangings, ceremonial mats and clothing from Indonesia's chain of tropical islands, where it is believed that these weavings can transform the lives of those who come into contact with them.' --Apollo, October 2010

...a beautiful book illustrated with lavish images, Kahlenberg was one of the first to look and treat textiles as a serious subject. What distinguishes this from other books on the subject is that it is a personal journey of discovery as well as a scholarly look at such topics as Early Indonesian textiles and Cloths for the ancestors. --Selvedge Magazine

'Visually stunning and informative.' --Stylus

About the Author:

RUTH BARNES is the Senior Curator in the Department of Indo-Pacific Art at Yale University Art Gallery. She has written extensively on Indonesian culture, textiles and related art forms. MARY HUNT KAHLENBERG is a world-renowned authority in the field of historic textiles. She was Curator, Costume and Textiles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where she built the Indonesian and Pre-Columbian collections. She is currently a co-owner with her husband, Robert T. Coffland, of TAI Gallery/Textile Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prestel
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 3791350714
• ISBN 13: 9783791350714
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Ruth Barnes, Mary Hunt Kahlenberg