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Pageant Gown

Description: Design for pageant or festival gown. Color sketch illustrates the back view of a gown with A-lined skirt adorned with floral appliques and draped, leaf inspired panels. Off the shoulder neckline forms a deep U in back and is trimmed in floral design matching the skirt. Underskirt of gathered, fan-shaped sheer fabric.Center back shows six leaf petal shaped panels hanging from waist. Cummerbund waist. Designer's notes on sketch. Designer's initials in blue ink at bottom right hem of gown: "LW".
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Evening Gown

Description: Design for evening gown. Color sketch with dress in black and white and flesh tone female form. Strapless neckline; empire waist; full length.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Cocktail Dress

Description: Design for cocktail or dinner dress. Color sketch illustrates front view of a knee length dress with inserted side panels; elbow length sleeves match side inserts. Bateau neckline.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Fashion Design]

Description: Original fashion design by Lilli Wolff. Possibly for a festival gown, design for a female figure with tiered full skirted dress. Believed to have been done between 1945 and 1960, most likely in Dallas, Texas.
Date: 1950/1980
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Pageant Gown

Description: Design for pageant or festival gown. Color sketch of full front view of gown with bell-shaped skirt having a wrapped top tier bordered in a wide, heavily embellished panel in floral inspired design. High, Medici inspired collar matches skirt panel and wraps around shoulders and bodice.Dots of glued glitter accent design sketch. Multiple handwritten notes and measurements around sketch.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Wedding Gown

Description: Design for wedding gown. Color sketch illustrates the front and back views of a white gown with V-shaped neckline and straight, bracelet length sleeves. Diamond shaped inserts accent the A-line skirt; diamond motif continues onto the train. Veil on model's head.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Cocktail Dress

Description: Signed design for cocktail or dinner dress. Color sketch illustrates full length view of dress with square neckline and narrow shoulder straps. A-line, gathered skirt in ombre pink and white has accent at right hip. Designer's signature at center of hem.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Wedding Gown

Description: Design for wedding gown. Sketch of white gown trimmed in floral lace at sides of bodice, down hips and across empire waist. Wide, full length A-line skirt. Full length back view of dress to upper right of front view.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Pageant Gown

Description: Design for pageant or festival gown. Color sketch illustrates the full front view of a gown with a bell shaped skirt heavily adorned with oversized floral appliques. Fan-shaped gathers around hem; off the shoulder neckline trimmed to match skirt; cummerbund waist. Handwritten notes at bottom left corner of sketch state: "partly cut out work / and partly full flowers / made from the silk are / part on and distributed / over the entire dress. / About 7000 rhinestones and / pearls worked into the… more
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Wedding Gown

Description: Design for wedding or evening gown. Color sketch illustrates the front and back view of a white dress with illusion neckline, fitted ruched skirt and trumpet shaped gathered hem. Back features deep V-shaped back and gathered pouf details down the center back of the skirt.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Evening Dress

Description: Signed design for evening dress. Color sketch illustrates full length view of a mermaid style gown. Sweetheart neckline is accented with ombre colored boa inspired trim over back of neck; trim extends down left side of gown to hem. Designer's signature at bottom right of sketch at hemline of dress.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Wedding Group, including designer Mati Driessen]

Description: Photograph of part of a wedding party. Group consists of: a young woman in a pale pink satin, gray satin, and white lace dress; a man in a tuxedo; an older woman - Mati Driessen- in a blue satin dress; a young woman in a white lace bridal gown. All stand in front of a trellis with scattered greenery.
Date: 1960/1979
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Pageant Gown

Description: Design for pageant or festival gown. Blue line sketch illustrates a gown with wide, structured shoulders in scrolled design with floral accents. Bell shaped skirt is trimmed with floral appliques and has draped details around hips. Back view at right illustrates an elaborate matching train for the gown. Crown on model's head.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Ballgown

Description: Design for ball or pageant gown. Color sketch shows full front and back views of gown with applied lantern-shaped/inspired pouf trim. Strapless neckline forms a deep V in back. Back waist is trimmed with smaller lantern-shaped trim and trailing sheer panels. Designer's signature in blue ink at bottom left hem of front view of gown: "Lilli Wolff".
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Costume Design]

Description: Reproduction of a costume design(?) for an unidentified male and female costumes of Persian style figures on a horse, by Lilli Wolff, believed to date from before 1945.
Date: 1930/1945
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Dress

Description: Design for dress. Outline sketch in blue illustrates the full length, front view of a dress with knee length, A-line skirt and pointed, high wrapped neckline with placket border. Dolman, elbow length sleeves with triangular cuffs. Placket detail matching bodice crosses from right hips to left armscye.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Print of Fragonard Painting

Description: Print of a painting. Color print of painting by Jean-Honore Fragonard titled "Die Wäscherinnen" depicting two women washing laundry at the base of a stone staircase.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Ballgown

Description: Design for ballgown. Colored sketch in light blue of gown with sweetheart neckline and off-the-shoulder net accents. Bodice wraps and extends down sides to gather under top tier of skirt. Full length,very full round skirt.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening or dinner dress. Color sketch illustrates a fitted dress in laced fabric with large peplum inspired interest at right hip. Asymmetric cut out shoulders with long, fitted sleeves. Below knee length. Designer's initials at feet of model.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Skirt Suit

Description: Signed design for skirt suit. Color sketch illustrates a skirt ensemble with straight, hip length jacket and straight, below the knee length skirt. Jacket shows wrap around closure buttoned at two triangular panels with elbow length, cuffed sleeves. Designer's note a top of sketch states "imported cottons". Designer's signature at left ankle of model: "Wolff". Hat matching ensemble on model's head.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening dress. Color sketch illustrates the front and back views of a green gown. Neckline features a scarf detail across the front that gathers at the right shoulder and attaches with a broach detail; deep U-shaped back. Skirt is draped with two panels matching scarf at neckline.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Wedding Gown

Description: Design for wedding gown. Color sketch illustrates the front view of a white gown with sweetheart neckline, cape collar detail over shoulders, and full length, virago inspired puffed sleeves. Peplum inspired hips with large gathered pouf details over gathered skirt. Veil on model's head. Designer's signature at bottom right corner of sketch near hem of gown.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Cocktail Dress

Description: Signed design for cocktail or dinner dress. Color sketch illustrates dress in pink accented in black floral appliques. Surplus neckline with elbow length sleeves; right sleeve is trimmed to match floral accents on wrapped, A-line skirt. Below knee length. Designer's signature at model's ankles.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Cocktail Dress

Description: Design for cocktail or dinner dress. Outline sketch illustrates the front view of a sheath style dress with applied loop accent down the left side. Jewel neckline; knee length; bracelet length sleeves.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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