Necktie

Blades

1960–69 · silk · Costume Institute

The use of an Eastern-style textile on this distinctly Western article of clothing is an indication to the widespread fascination with Eastern aesthetic which was popular throughout the 1960s and early 70s.

Artist

Blades

Date

1960–69

Medium

silk

Culture

British

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Stewart Johnson, 1989