Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Preface ix
5. Rooms for improvement 1
6. 1. The Way In 12
7. Favor 41
8. 2. The Duchess of York’s Bathing Closet 45
9. Houses of office 76
10. 3. Lady Acheson’s Privy for Two 79
11. Breaking and entering 111
12. 4. Miss C—— y’s Cabinet of Curiosities 114
13. Moving closets 148
14. 5. Parson Yorick’s Vis-à- vis 155
15. Coda: Coming Out 190
16. Acknowledgments 205
17. Appendix: Closets without Walls, 1550–1800 209
18. Notes 221
19. Bibliography 245
20. Index 259