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Ensemble - Kutchi Group, Pashtun Peoples, Afghanistan

Description: Ensemble - Kutchi Dress, Pashtun Peoples, Afghanistan. This assembled ensemble consists of: 1. Dress. Full-length. High neckline, slight V-shape. Front yoke/bib panel of fine needlework geometric shapes and patterns, in orange, purple, green, and blue. Front of bodice with four large embroidered rosettes of silver couching with orange silver/white, and black borders. Over-length, wide sleeves of patchwork of materials, including red, purple, and pink. Cuffs of heavy silver couching with… more
Date: 1940/1960
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Pouch - Turkish Festival Outfit

Description: Pouch. Orange cotton pouch, rounded at bottom. Suspended by gold metallic cord. Edged with metallic thread lace. The surface of the pouch is embroidered with various colors of metallic embroidery, mostly chain-stitch. Lined in orange cotton.
Date: 1940/1960
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Banda

Description: Man's Banda (Sash). Handwoven cotton on a backstrap loom, plain weave, red with jaspe (ikat) striping, loose knotting at the ends.
Date: 1940/1949
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Sash

Description: Wide sash of red-brown, ivory, and indigo blue cotton. Backstrap loomed cotton warp faced plain weave with warp ikat design with diamonds in the center and linear, repeating pattern on either side. Hand twisted and knotted fringe. Approx 11" wide.
Date: 1940/1949
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: Page from True Magazine featuring an illustration of a Petty Girl followed by a reproductive print of 3 men and a woman on a white sailboat. Pin-ups by artist George Petty or "Petty Girls" first made their appearance in 1933 and into the 1950s set the standard for American female beauty. The hallmarks of Petty pin-ups are elongated limbs most noted in the legs, a flirtatious smile, and telephones.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Petty, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Necktie

Description: Necktie of off-white silk with grey diagonal embroidered stands with vertical off-white ribs in between; four in hand style; 1 1/2" at widest point. Lined in off-white silk with blue D'ore print. Labels: Dreyfuss & Son pure silk; Woven in Switzerland D'ore imported silk
Date: 1940/1960
Creator: Dreyfuss & Son
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Ensemble - Hat and Purse

Description: A) Hat of black felt; embroidery in green, purple, maroon, yellow, light green thread; beads in purple. B) Handbag of black felt lined with quilted satin; embroidery in green, purple, yellow, light green, maroon thread; beads in purple. Zipper and bow on handle.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Smith, Helen
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Gloves

Description: Gloves (child's?) of kidskin; off-white; two 1/4" strips of tan (yellow) leather trim at wrist and base of thumb. Button closure at wrist on palm side of glove. Length: 20.5cm; Width: 8.5cm
Date: 1940/1949
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Gloves

Description: Gloves of black leather. Wrist length; back of hands have three darts. Left glove stamped: "Bacmo / 6 1/4" and "29 / 14"
Date: 1940/1949
Creator: Alexette Bacmo Glove Company
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Gloves

Description: Gloves of black leather. Wrist length; back of hands have three darts. Left glove stamped: "Alexette / 6 1/4 / Prime / Quality" and "27 / 56"
Date: 1940/1949
Creator: Alexette Bacmo Glove Company
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Tulip-shaped gloves

Description: Gloves of yellow sueded cotton with tulip flower like wrists. Hands have seams on outside; running stitch in same yellow; wrist is wide; opening is similar to tulip flower petals, like reaching into the flower petals from the top. Label sewn inside right glove: "Gloves / Designed by / Lilly Dache". Stamped "6 1/2" inside right glove.
Date: 1940/1960
Creator: Daché, Lilly, 1898-1989
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Dickey

Description: Dickey or bib of white sheer organdy formed as a "herald's tabard" with front and back panels fastened at shoulders and by belt tie. Front with six horizontal pin-tucks. Rounded neckline with applied leaf-shaped panels embroidered with cream thread to form edges and veins. Tie belt threaded through pocket in panels. Back with two-button fastening just at neckline; open oval below to middle of back. No labels or tags.
Date: 1940/1949
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Camisole slip

Description: Camisole slip of white cotton, knee-length, princess-line, eyelet trim around the shaped neckline and as the shoulder straps. Semi-fitted princess-seams. Turned hem with applied ruffle of eyelet lace and insertion. The slip is homemade and appears to be a petticoat from 1910-1915 that was altered and remade.
Date: 1940/1945
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Jewelry suite

Description: Jewelry suite styled in rows of opalite and pale blue rhinestones. A) Choker style necklace. Rows of opalite and pale blue rhinestones knot at center front with three strands ending in marquise opalite cabochons. Closure stamped: "Karu" B) Matching bracelet. Push-in style closure with plunger capped in tiny opalite sphere. Closure stamped: "Karu" C, D) Matching clip-on earrings. Styled in circle of opalite with center strands matching necklace. Closure stamped: "Karu"
Date: 1940/1949
Creator: Karu
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Handbag

Description: Handbag of dark brown imitation suede. Gold-tone rectangular frame with long, self-covered cylindrical flip bar closure and pull tab with gold initials RYL attached to front. Single, slightly contoured handle of matching suede. Lined in dark brown faille. Zipper pocket and two gold piped slip pockets on front sidewall. Back sidewall has four compartments: one holds matching cigarette box, one holds matching lipstick cylinder, one pocket with mirror. Coin purse of matching brown faille with brow… more
Date: 1940/1950
Creator: Evans Case Company
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[School Play]

Description: Photograph of Alamo Heights Elementary School students in the school play. Some children are wearing crowns and two are dressed as king and queen. Fourth from the right is John Russell Stephenson, Col USAF, MSC (Ret.).
Date: 1940
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Photograph of a man in a suit and tie]

Description: Photograph of a man in a suit. He sits with hands in his lap and looks off to the left, away from the camera. He wears a light-colored suit with a striped dress shirt and a short, patterned necktie.
Date: [1940..1970]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: Page from True Magazine featuring an illustration of a Petty Girl followed by a reproduction of an Audubon print of the male Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo.Pin-ups by artist George Petty or "Petty Girls" first made their appearance in 1933 and into the 1950s set the standard for American female beauty. The hallmarks of Petty pin-ups are elongated limbs most noted in the legs, a flirtatious smile, and telephones.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Petty, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: Page from True magazine featuring an illustration of a Petty Girl and a painting of a winter morning scene that is a reference to the printers Currier and Ives. Pin-ups by artist George Petty or "Petty Girls" first made their appearance in 1933 and into the 1950s set the standard for American female beauty. The hallmarks of Petty pin-ups are elongated limbs most noted in the legs, a flirtatious smile, and telephones.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Petty, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Doris Stiles Williams posing in a chair]

Description: Photograph of Doris Stiles Williams posing in a chair. She crosses her legs and props her elbows on the armrests of the chair. Her dark hair is in curls and she wears a pearl necklace, a bracelet, and a watch. Doris wears a frilly short-sleeved shirt tucked into a long, patterned skirt.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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