Kebaya, 1860s - 1890s. Sarong, ca. 1880s.

Kebaya: Cotton and machine-made broderie anglaise. Woven in Europe, tailored in Indonesia.
Sarong: Cotton (drawn batik). Dyed in Indonesia, Java possibly Semarang.
In the late 17th century, the kebaya replaced the v-necked baju as the favoured dress. Lace was added to the kebayas beginning in the late 18th century. Renda, the Portuguese word for lace, has been part of the Malay vocabulary for centuries. The earliest surviving kebayas with lace are from the end of the 1800s. In structure, they are the same as the baju panjang, with arm gussets and lapel seams. European and Eurasian ladies throughout the Dutch East Indies wore these loose white kebayas with fine batik sarongs at home and on informal occasions.