Living with Indonesian Art: The Frits Liefkes Collection Art Koos van Brakel outlines the

Koos van Brakel outlines the cultural climate of the early twentieth century Indies

enjoyed by all seven leaders

The realisation that no comparable reference work existed in print triggered ten Hoopen's ambition to create such a volume

This publication offers a pioneering comparative study of domestic interiors in two key colonial outposts of the Dutch East India Company (VOC): the Cape of Good Hope and Batavia (modern-day Jakarta)

Living with Indonesian Art: The Frits Liefkes Collection Art Koos van Brakel outlines theFrits Liefkes (1930 2010) lived with Indonesian art. His house in The Hague was full of it. Bought almost entirely at auctions and from art dealers in the Netherlands during a period of four decades, on his death he bequeathed his collection to Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde in Leiden. This book presents some of his most beautiful and interesting objects. Reflecting his special interests, golden jewellery and wonderful textiles are particularly well