This kain panjang (skirt cloth) is in the pagi sore (morning and evening) format. Both halves depict floral motifs with butterflies and birds, using two different varieties of flowers and background filler motifs. It is signed “Nj: Oey Kok Sing / Kudus”, indicating that it was fashioned in the Kudus style, although the maker lived and worked in Pekalongan. Kudus batiks typically have ochre backgrounds and meticulously rendered designs, including complicated background patterns. Oeij is the historical Dutch spelling for Oey, a Chinese Indonesian surname of Hokkien origin.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.
