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Anna Tirocchi and Laura Tirocchi Cella Business records

 Collection
Identifier: SP11.0

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of business records such as invoices, receipts, and letters, household repair/maintenance records, and floor plans for the Anna and Laura Tirocchi dressmaking business that were curated for the RISD museum in the early 1990s. The business, run by the Tirocchi sisters in Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1912-1947, catered to a wealthy Rhode Island clientele. This collection consists of business records and some household repair/maintenance records, as well as floor plans that are related to the business. There is considerable documentation of dressmaking supplies purchases including invoices, receipts, a few fabric samples, and correspondence.

Dates

  • Creation: 1912-1947

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Anna Tirocchi and Laura Tirocchi immigrated from Guarcino, Italy to the United States in 1905 and in 1910 they were living in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1911, they opened their dressmaking business, A and L Tirocchi, in the Butler Exchange in downtown Providence. In 1915, after Laura married physician Louis J. Cella, they purchased a mansion at 514 Broadway, where their dressmaking business took place on the second floor and the third floor held their workshop. They maintained their dressmaking business for over thirty years, making fashionable clothing for wealthy clients. For more information, refer to the catalog From Paris to Providence: Fashion, Art, and the Tirocchi Dressmakers' Shop, 1915-1947 by Susan Hay.

Extent

19 boxes and 1 flat file

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of business records such as invoices, receipts, and letters, household repair/maintenance records, and floor plans that were curated in 1989 for the RISD museum from the A and L Tirocchi dressmaking business. The business was run by Anna and Laura Tirocchi in Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1912-1947.

Arrangement

  1. I. Vendor Records Series, 1914-1947
  2. II. Customer Records Series, 1915-1944
  3. III. Employee Records Series, 1915-1944
  4. IV. Banking and Financial Series, 1916-1943
  5. V. Business Trip Records, 1924
  6. VI. Personal/Family/Non-Business Papers, 1878-1950
  7. VII. Publications, 1918-1943
  8. VIII. Architectural Plans, undated

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred to the Archives from the RISD Museum of Art.

Subjects

Topical

Record Groups

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Anna Tirocchi and Laura Tirocchi Cella Business records1912-1947
Author
Finding aid prepared by Unknown.
Date
2023 April 21
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Describing Archives: A Content Standard (Dacs)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Rhode Island School of Design Archives Repository

https://library.risd.edu/departments/archives.html
Contact:
Fleet Library at RISD
20 Washington Place
Providence RI 02903 USA

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