''Costumi d'Arte'' is an Italian costume atelier and supplier for theater, motion picture and television productions.

History

The first iteration of Costumi d'Arte was founded in Rome in 1815 by former soldier Angelo Pignotti. The companie's original holdings of the company constituted several authentic 17th and 18th century garments. The company name ''Casa d'Arte'' was coined by Egisto Peruzzi, Pignotti's son-in-law, who took over the business and relocated it to

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. Under Egisto's management, the company began creating its costumes and renting antique items. By the 1920s, the company's costumes were being used extensively in film productions, as well as in regional productions. Giuseppe Peruzzi, the grandson of Egisto, opened a branch of ''Costumi d'Arte Perruzi'' in Rome to work more cohesively with studios like

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. Ownership was assumed by Giuseppe's son, Ruggero Peruzzi, when he died in 1955. By the mid-1960s, ''Costumi d'Arte'' was reaching an unprecedented international audience through films like, ''

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'', '' Prince of Foxes'', '' The Golden Coach'', ''

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The Cardinal ''The Cardinal'' is a 1963 American drama film produced independently, directed by Otto Preminger and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was written by Robert Dozier, based on the novel by the same by Henry Morton Robinson. The ...

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Partial Company filmography

References

External links

Official Site

Costumi d'Arte on the IMDb

Costumi d'Arte Peruzzi on the IMDb

Casa d'Arte di Firenze
Film organisations in Italy Clothing companies of Italy Manufacturing companies based in Florence Companies based in Rome {{Italy-company-stub