From Paris to Providence
Subtitle: fashion, art, and the Tirocchi dressmakers' shop
By: Susan Hay, editor.
Contributors: Hay, Susan Anderson.
Publisher: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Providence, R.I
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Tirocchi, Anna -- Exhibitions; Tirocchi, Laura -- Exhibitions; Fashion design -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; Dressmakers -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; Women consumers -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- History
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Fashion, art, and the Tirocchi dressmakers' shop
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-223).
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition "From Paris to Providence: Fashion, Art, and the Tirocchi Dressmakers' Shop, 1915-1947, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; January 12-April 8, 2001."--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Line, color, detail, distinction, individuality: A. & L. Tirocchi, Providence dressmakers / Pamela A. Parmal; title: Clients and craftswomen: the pursuit of elegance / Susan Porter Benson; title: Strategies for success: the Tirocchis, immigration, and the Italian American experience / John W. Briggs; title: American fashion: the Tirocchi sisters in context / Madelyn Shaw; title: Paris to Providence: French couture and the Tirocchi shop / Susan Hay; title: Modernism in fabric: art and the Tirocchi textiles / Susan Hay.