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This dress, which has seen much wear, was found in a closet with other Tirocchi family garments and may have belonged to Laura Tirocchi Cella. The heavy "peasant-style" embroidery around the neckline harks back to the work of Paul Poiret in the early 1910s.

 
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Possibly A. & L. Tirocchi, makers
American, Providence
After Paul Poiret
French, 1879-1944
Dress, ca. 1912-14
Wool; twill, embroidered with wool

Gift of L. J. Cella III
1991.169.50

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