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The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Object record

Ensemble

1970s

Materials

cotton, metal

House / label

Anne Klein and Company

Collection

1970s

Archive reference

2022.40

Behind the design

A densely patterned, full-length silhouette is suspended from slender straps. The print changes scale and direction across the garment, while its uncomplicated outline lets the textile dominate. The museum records cotton and metal and credits Anne Klein as designer.

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