From Paris to Providence, Fashion, Art and the Tirocchi Dressmakers' Shop, 1915-1947
Editorial Reviews Book Description In their elegant Providence Shop, Italian emigre sisters Anna and Laura Tirocchi sold French couture clothing to an elite clientele. The shop, remained virtually untouched from 1947 until 1990, when RISD Museum curators were given their choice of its contents, which included apparel by Paul Poiret, Lucien Lelong, and dresses in the style of Madeleine Vionnet. All reflect the advent of modernism in the Paris art world of 1920s and 30s, when designers, painters and printmakers were collaborating as never before to create fashion. From "Paris to Providence" catalogues these efforts with beautiful illustrations and six essays that examine the era's social and art-historical issues. About the Author Project director: Susan Anderson Hay, Curator of Costume and Textiles, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Contributing authors: Susan A. Hay; Pamela A. Parmel, Curator, Department of Textile and Fashion Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Susan Porter Benson, Associate Professor of History,
University of Connecticut, Storrs; John W. Briggs, Associate Professor, Education and History, Syracuse University; Madelyn Shaw, Associate Curator of Costumes and Textiles, RISD.
From Paris to Providence, Fashion, Art and the Tirocchi Dressmakers' Shop, 1915-1947,Susan Anderson Hay,Susan Porter Benson,John Walker Briggs,Pamela A. Parmal,Madelyn Shaw,Rhode Island School of Design,0911517693,20th century,Art / Design / Textile & Costume,Art / Fashion,Dressmakers,Exhibitions,Fashion design,History,Hobbies/Crafts,Providence,Rhode Island,Women consumers,Art,Clothing,Design - Textile & Costume,Fashion,French,Nineteen thirties,Nineteen twenties,Tirocchi, Anna,Tirocchi, Laura
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