▁draft s man . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 4 , ▁Cle o ▁and ▁James ▁F itch ▁spent ▁a ▁year ▁in ▁Italy . ▁While ▁James ▁F itch ▁studied ▁architecture , ▁Cle o ▁studied ▁art ▁and ▁sculpt ure . ▁ ▁Arch ae ological ▁career ▁ ▁During ▁their ▁year ▁abroad , ▁Frank ▁Brown , ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Academy ▁in ▁Rome , ▁invited ▁F itch ▁to ▁join ▁his ▁expedition ▁at ▁the ▁ancient ▁town ▁of ▁C osa , ▁north ▁of ▁Rome . ▁F itch ▁was ▁assigned ▁the ▁task ▁of ▁catalog ing ▁the ▁exc av ation ▁materials , ▁which ▁included ▁many ▁ter rac otta ▁l amps . ▁With ▁her ▁draft ing ▁skills , ▁she ▁was ▁also ▁given ▁the ▁responsibility ▁of ▁putting ▁together ▁the ▁building ▁plans ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁museum ▁that ▁Brown , ▁representing ▁the ▁American ▁Academy ▁at ▁Rome , ▁was ▁having ▁built ▁at ▁C osa ▁ ▁Each ▁summer ▁for ▁the ▁following ▁ 2 1 ▁years , ▁F itch ▁made ▁Rome ▁her ▁home ▁and ▁continued ▁her ▁work ▁at ▁the ▁American ▁Academy , ▁re construct ing , ▁drawing ▁and ▁catalog uing ▁the ▁lamp ▁fragments ▁from ▁the ▁Costa ▁exc av ation ▁site . ▁" From ▁the ▁over - view ▁of ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁l amps ▁from ▁the ▁c . ▁ 7 0 0 ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁site , ▁it ▁is ▁possible ▁to ▁see ▁the ▁entire ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁lamp ▁industry ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁Norm a ▁Gold man ▁of ▁Wayne ▁State ▁University ▁joined ▁F