Frida Kahlo find is cataloged

The trunk, discovered in 2004 in the back of an old wardrobe that had been forgotten in an unused bathroom of the family home, was like stepping into the past.

Curators opened the lid to find hundreds of Frida Kahlo’s colorful skirts and blouses, many still infused with the late artist’s perfume and cigarette smoke.

It has taken two years to log and restore the nearly 300 articles of clothing. Next summer, the embroidered and sometimes paint-smeared pieces will be put on display at Kahlo’s family home turned museum in Mexico City to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the painter’s birth.