I am looking for birth (and death?) dates for Luciana G. Roselli. 
 The following will summarize her career:

Born in Alessandria, Italy
Majored in the history of art at the Universities of Pisa and Pavia (Italy)
Started career as an illustrator in Milan, Italy
Designed high fashion and theatre costumes
1954: moved to New York
Worked as an illustrator in the US from 1954--19??, doing story illustrations and fashion drawings for various American magazines and ads for Henri Bendel which appeared in The New York Times.  She was also an illustrator for children's books published in the US and Italy, and for Italian magazines.

Work as a designer

1971-1978, Italy
tiles and dinner service for Richard Ginori
jewelry for Bulgari and Sam Lorenzo
plastic trays and plates for Mebel Italia
promotion objects for Olivetti
gift scarves for Teksid-Fiat
stainless steel panels for Teksid-Fiat
interior fabrics for Marella Agnelli
silk scarves for Nina Ricci
fabrics for Missoni

1978-1980, USA
fabrics designed for Missoni and produced by Fieldcrest
designed sheets and comforters for Fieldcrest, sold in 1981
dinner plates for Corning Glass Works
creative fabrics for Sunar
tableware in glass and porcelain to be made by Mikasa

Designer of glassware for Steuben:
Tulip Bowl (0311), (introduced in 1981)  limited to an edition of five
Carnation Vase (0326) (introduced in 1982), limited to an edition of 15
Bird of Paradise (0360; stock no. 5369), (introduced in 1985); Steuben files dated 1988 say that only one was made and was then destroyed

She is not listed in Designers International Index., nor are there citations in either Art Index, or Decorative and Applied Arts Index.  Perhaps materials which document the work of graphic artists and illustrators would include her, but our library does not have such materials (e.g., Contemporary Graphic Artists, Who's Who in Graphic Art).  I have access to Steuben's files, which do not contain birth or death dates.


Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Gail Bardhan
Reference Librarian
The Corning Museum of Glass
Five Museum Way
Corning, NY 14830
Telephone 607-974-8020
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