Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. List of figures ix
5. List of tables xvii
6. Notes on contributors xviii
7. Acknowledgements xxiii
8. Introduction 1
9. I Innovation and imitation 25
10. 1 Transformations in textiles, 1400–1760 27
11. 2 Ribbon culture in early modern Italy 64
12. 3 Imitation in early modern artisan fashion 79
13. Experiment in focus I 101
14. Experiment in focus II 107
15. Experiment in focus III 120
16. II Adornment and display 133
17. 4 Né vera né falsa 135
18. 5 Adorning the everyday 151
19. 6 Dressed to kill 170
20. Experiment in focus IV 190
21. Experiment in focus V 197
22. Experiment in focus VI 202
23. III Status and credibility 209
24. 7 The dissemination of fashion 211
25. 8 Artisan attire and the politics of dress in seventeenth-century Tallinn 228
26. 9 The clothing of the contadina 247
27. 10 Practical, professional and prosperous 265
28. Experiment in focus VII 280
29. Experiment in focus VIII 288
30. Experiment in focus IX 295
31. Bibliography 306
32. Index 339