Mattiebelle Gittinger

About the Author

Mattiebelle Gittinger has been Research Associate for Southeast Asian Textiles at The Textile Museum for more than twenty-five years during which time she has organized numerous exhibitions.

Includes the names: M. Gittinger, Mattiebel Gittinger

Works by Mattiebelle Gittinger

Splendid Symbols: Textiles and Traditions in Indonesia (1979) 50 copies, 1 review

Textiles and the Tai Experience in Southeast Asia (1992) — Author — 35 copies, 1 review

Textiles for this World & Beyond: Southeast Asia--Treasures from Insular Southeast Asia (2005) 27 copies

To Speak With Cloth: Studies in Indonesian Textiles (1989) 20 copies

Indonesian textiles : Irene Emery Roundtable on Museum Textiles, 1979 proceedings (1979) 4 copies

Splendid Symbols 2 copies

Textiles and Textile Customs of the Tai Dam, Tai Daeng, and their Neighbors in Northern Laos 1 copy

To speak with cloth : studies in Indonesian textiles 1 copy

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Associated Works

Textiles of Southeast Asia: Tradition, Trade and Transformation (1990) — Foreword — 48 copies, 3 reviews

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Main Associated

anthropology (4) art (5) Asia (3) batik (4) cotton (4) culture (3) design (3) docent collection (4) dyeing (13) dyes and dyeing (4) Egypt (3) embroidery (3) ethnic (4) exhibition (5) exhibition catalogue (3) history (10) India (14) Indonesia (22) Indonesian textiles (4) Islam (3) Laos (4) Southeast Asia (9) Sumatra (3) symbolism (4) textile history (5) Textile Museum (3) Textile Museum - Washington. D.C. (3) textiles (41) Thailand (5) US (3)

Common Knowledge

Gender: female
Occupations: author
research associate
curator
Short biography: Dr. Matiebelle Gittinger is Research Associate at the Textile Museum,Washington, D.C. and the author of numerous books and articles on Southeast Asian textiles, including Splendid Symbols: Textiles and Traditions in Indonesia.