In the late 1800s, the famed batik artisan Puri Mangkunegara had a batik workshop that was managed by Mrs. van Gentsch Gottlieb. This pattern was one of the patterns that came as a result of the batik center.
This popular design is in the shape of a dagger (curiga). The dagger pattern is one of the original batik patterns that has existed since the time of the Mataram Kartasura Palace in Solo.