The exhibition holds textiles and garments from the A and L Tirocchi shop, as well as sewing machines and tools, notions and trims, bottles of perfume, imported linens, costume accessories, a collection of lace, and archvial materials such as business correspondence, papers, ledgers, daybooks, check registers, employee timebooks, client books and bills, suppliers' bills and receipts, programs from couture showings in Paris during the 1920s, photographs, and personal correspondence, curated in 1989 for the RISD museum. There is a box of slides, photographs, negatives, documents, and one VHS tape that document the From Providence to Paris: Fashion, Art, and the Tirocchi Dressmakers' Shop, 1915-1947 exhibition held 2001 January 12-April 8. The Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art's Department of Costume and Textiles led by Curator Susan Hay organized the exhibition.