Joana Valls
Francisca Juana María del Pilar Giralt Miró (1855–1935, in Barcelona) was a Spanish dressmaker who worked in Barcelona between 1880 and 1919. She was better known as Joana Valls, and is regarded by modern fashion historians as one of the most influential dressmakers in Barcelonian fashion of the early 20th century with French fashion designer Caroline Montagne Roux.
Also recorded as Francisca Giralt Miró · Francisca Juana Maria del Pilar Giralt Miró
Joana Valls
- Born
- 1855 · Barcelona.
- Died
- 1935 · Barcelona.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- designer · dressmaker · personal stylist
- Movements
- Catalan modernism
- Languages
- Catalan
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Francisca Juana María del Pilar Giralt Miró (1855–1935, in Barcelona) was a Spanish dressmaker who worked in Barcelona between 1880 and 1919. She was better known as Joana Valls, and is regarded by modern fashion historians as one of the most influential dressmakers in Barcelonian fashion of the early 20th century with French fashion designer Caroline Montagne Roux.
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1855
Joana Valls born at Barcelona.
1935
Joana Valls died at Barcelona.
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- 1.Casal-Valls, L. "La figura de la modista i els inicis de l'alta costura a Barcelona: trajectòria professional i producció d'indumentària femenina (1880-1915)", Tesi doctoral, Universitat de Barcelona, 2013.
- 2.Casal-Valls, L. "La figura de la modista i els inicis de l'alta costura a Barcelona. Trajectòria professional i producció d'indumentària femenina 1880-1915", Tesi doctoral, Universitat de Barcelona (2013), p. 595. http://www.tdx.cat/bitstream/handle/10803/129559/04.LCV_4de6.pdf?sequence=4♙
- 3.Joana Valls: el ressò de la modernitat.
- 4.Soler, F. (Serafí Pitarra), Lo trinch de l'or: comedia en quatre actes. Barcelona: Imp. Salvador Bonavía, 1911, pág. 20.
- 5.El taller d'una modista embargat: Joana Valls, el tancament de caixes i l'obra de Ramon Casas.
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