This batik is structured in the pagi-sore format, comprising two different but related designs on each half of the kain panjang. The subtle differences between the two designs include the types of flowers for the buketan motif (large bouquets of European flowers interspersed with butterflies and birds) and the inverted placement of the buketan. This batik is part of a large group donated to the museum by the descendants of three generations of female batik makers from Pekalongan. It was made by the grandmother of the donors, Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing. Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing was a second-generation batik maker in Pekalongan. She began to produce high quality batiks in the 1920s. Her batiks from the 1930s reveal great technical virtuosity and a creative use of colour, made possible by synthetic dyes from Europe. After the Second World War, her daughter Jane Hendromartono (1924–1988) took over the family batik business.
