The Textile Museum ( id, Museum Tekstil) is a museum in
Palmerah
Palmerah is a subdistrict of West Jakarta, Indonesia. The Subdistrict is roughly bounded by Jakarta-Merak Tollway to the north, Batusari - Rawa Belong Road to the west, Palmerah Barat - Palmerah Utara Road to the south, and Aipda K. Sasuit Tubun R ...
,
West Jakarta
West Jakarta ( bew, Jakarte Bekulon; id, Jakarta Barat) is one of the five administrative cities of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia. West Jakarta is not self-governed and does not have a city council, hence it is not classified ...
, Indonesia. The museum houses a collection of textiles from various islands in Indonesia.
History
The Textile Museum building was constructed in the early 19th century. Initially it was a private house of a Frenchman. The building was later sold to Abdul Aziz Al Mussawi al Musa Khadim, a Turkish consul for
Batavia. In 1942, the building was sold again to Karel Cristian Cruq.
The building had been used as the headquarters of ''Barisan Keamanan Rakyat'' ("Front of People's Safety") during the
struggle for independence period. In 1947 it was owned by Lie Sion Phin who rented it to the Department of Social Affairs which modified it into an institution for elderly people. Afterwards the building was handed over to the city's government.
On July 28, 1976, it was inaugurated as the Textile Museum by Madame
Tien Soeharto.
Collections
The textile museum exhibits many kinds of Indonesian traditional weaving such as
Javanese batik
Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the whole cloth. This technique originated from the island of Java, Indonesia. Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of the resist with a spouted tool called a ''ca ...
,
Batak
Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages. The term is used to include the Karo, Pakpak, Simalungun, Tob ...
ulos, and
ikat
''Ikat'' (in Indonesian languages means "bind") is a dyeing technique originating from Indonesia used to pattern textiles that employs resist dyeing on the yarns prior to dyeing and weaving the fabric.
In ''ikat'', the resist is formed by b ...
. There are also displays of traditional weaving instruments and equipment for textile production.
See also
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Colonial architecture of Indonesia
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Indonesian Heritage Society
References
External links
Museums in Jakarta
Textile museums
Museums established in 1978
1978 establishments in Indonesia
Colonial architecture in Jakarta
Art museums and galleries in Indonesia
Cultural Properties of Indonesia in Jakarta
West Jakarta
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