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Evening Gown

Description: Design for evening gown. Color sketch illustrates the full length, front and back views of a light blue 1810s inspired gown. Empire waist with lace bodice and short, puffed sleeves; jewel neckline in front forms a deep U-shape in back. Full skirt gathers at waist and is drawn into a large bow at left hem.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Pageant Gown

Description: Design for pageant or festival gown. Color sketch illustrates the front view of a gown with oversized skirt in rainbow colors. Off the shoulder neckline features shoulder straps in alternate colors. Designer's notes at bottom left near hem.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Pageant Gown

Description: Design for pageant or festival gown. Color sketch illustrates full front view of gown with gathered skirt at hips and wide panel at hem with heavy floral inspired details. Wide, structured shoulders appear to match hem of skirt. Full length evening gloves with gauntlet tops matching shoulders; tiara or crown on model's head matches shoulders.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening dress. Outline sketch in blue illustrates the front view of a sheath style dress with an asymmetric neckline. Left side shoulder strap extends across bodice and around the waist. Skirt is trimmed with bands matching the bodice.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Dress

Description: Design for day dress. Color sketch of sheath style dress. Long dolman sleeves; side insert panels trimmed with accent tabs down sides and at shoulders. Street length.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening or wedding dress. Color sketch illustrates three views of a dress with a lace illusion neckline that forms a deep V in back. Fitted ruched skirt with ruffle at hem gathers to large bow at back hips with tiered, ruffled train. Third view shows front of dress with matching lace cape.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Pageant Gown

Description: Design for pageant or festival gown. Color sketch of front view of gown with bell-shaped skirt of six ruffled tiers having five floral bouquets down left side of gown at each tier. Asymmetric neckline with ruffled trim and matching bouquet at left shoulder; illusion, see-through right shoulder. Designer's handwritten notes on sketch.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Wedding Gown

Description: Design for wedding or evening gown. Color sketch illustrates the front of a white gown with strapless neckline. Wrapped bodice extends to wrapped skirt; bordered in emboidery trim.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Wedding Gown

Description: Design for wedding gown. Color sketch illustrates the front and back views of a white gown. Princess seams with left side applied floral detail. Train is trimmed at hips with matching floral appliques. Veil on model's head.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening dress. Color sketch illustrates the front view of a gown with double yoked, V-shaped neckline and long sleeves with bell shaped cuffs. Shoulders, sleeves and left side of dress accented with curled trim.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Pageant Gown

Description: Design for pageant or festival gown. Color sketch illustrates the full length front view of a gown with bell shaped skirt and overlaid triangular heavily embellished center front panel. Wide, structured shoulders match the front panel detail. Tiara or crown on head of model.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Ballgown

Description: Design for ball gown or wedding gown. Color sketch illustrates the full length, side view of a gown with off the shoulder neckline and A-line skirt with applied leaf/petal inspired details. Multiple designer/client handwritten notes on sketch.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Pageant Gown

Description: Signed design for pageant or festival gown. Color sketch illustrates full length view of gown with wide structured hips and flared hem with floral accents. Long sleeves with bell shaped cuffs and trimmed in matching floral appliques; left sleeve appears straight and right sleeve with puffed gathers. High collar forms bow. Model wearing floral headpiece matching appliques on gown. Designer's signature at hem.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Pageant Gown

Description: Design for pageant or festival gown. Blue line sketch illustrates a gown with wide, structured shoulders bordered with floral accents. Bell shaped skirt is trimmed with large floral appliques. Scalloped hem reveals floral accents and ruffled petticoat. Back view at right illustrates an elaborate matching train for the gown with large bow at the base giving a bouquet effect to the floral design. Crown on model's head.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Wedding Gown

Description: Design for wedding or cotillion gown. Colored sketch of white floral gown with white side panels which fold under at hem and are trimmed with floral accents matching main body of dress. Wide U-shaped, sleeveless neckline; empire waist. Full length back view at upper right.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Ballgown

Description: Design for ballgown. Color sketch of full length gown with floral accents at right side off-the-shoulder neckline and down left side of bodice and hips. Shirred bodice and asymmetrical hips. Full, gathered A-line skirt. Female figure accented with choker at neck.
Date: 1958
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Wedding Gown

Description: Design for wedding or pageant gown. Color sketch of white gown with full length bell shaped skirt in lattice design. Fitted bodice with strapless neckline having chevron edge; dot detail in each lattice area.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening dress. Color sketch illustrates the full length, front view of a white dress. Strapless neckline with V-shaped cutouts at sides. Full length tunic style skirt has asymmetric upper skirt which closes at left hip with five tabs; vent at left side hem.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Ballgown

Description: Design for ball gown. Color sketch in light blue illustrates front and back views of gown trimmed in ruffles and floral accents. Off the shoulder neckline.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Skirt Suit

Description: Signed design for skirt suit. Color sketch shows illustration for suit with fitted jacket. Jacket has high neckline and large patch pockets at sides with border and outline stitch. Long sleeves have trim matching pockets at cuffs. Straight, knee length skirt. Designer's signature at hem of skirt. Handwritten note at upper left hand corner: "Martha N [X?].13".
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Costume

Description: Signed design for costume. Color sketch illustrates African inspired costume in kente style fabric. Wrapped skirt with bandeau top. Arm and ankle bands. Designer's signature at left foot of model.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Dress

Description: Signed design for day dress. Color sketch illustrates a white dress with asymmetric, surplus neckline and pleats at left neckline. Long straight sleeves with orange cuffs. Dropped waist with orange belt. Pleated overskirt with asymmetric hemline over straight skirt in orange. Designer's signature of feet of model.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening dress. Color sketch illustrates the full length, front view of a purple, trumpet style gown. Asymmetric neckline drapes at right shoulder. Draped detail at hips matches neckline. Two fabric swatches at top of sketch with handwritten notes state "pure silk" and "peau de soie".
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
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