Claudia Iannuccilli is the owner of the Studio of Textile Arts (SOTA) which she opened after twenty-six years of dedication to the care, preservation and presentation of the collections of Textiles and Fashion Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. I work with private clients and national costume exhibition installations, as well as providing consultations on archival storage and disaster preparedness. 

During her tenure at the MFA, she worked on numerous exhibitions, including Poetry of the Loom, Secret Gardens: Paisley and Kashmir Shawls, Common Threads: A Showcase of Samplers, Fashion Show: Paris Collection, High Style and Hoop Skirts: 1850s Fashion, Hippie Chic, Gender Bending Fashion; several international traveling exhibitions such as La Parisienne and Casanova’s Europe; and gallery rotations involving the Japanese Noh robe collection.

She received a BS and MS in Historic Textiles and Fashion Arts with a specialization in conservation from the University of Rhode Island and is an active member of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC), International Council of Museums, Textile Society of America, Costume Society of America, and Providence Art Club. She is also part of AIC’s National Heritage Response Team, an extension of her time serving as a standing member of the MFA’s disaster preparedness team. (Read a 2024 interview to learn about the work Claudia has done as an NHR volunteer, and what being part of NHR means to her.)

Claudia’s CV