Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Note on Spelling xiii
5. Preface xv
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter One. Political Designs: Elizabeth Tudor, Mary Stuart, and Bess of Hardwick 30
8. Chapter Two. Miniatures and Manuscripts: Levina Teerlinc, Jane Segar, and Esther Inglis as Professional Artisans 75
9. Chapter Three. Sewing Connections: Narratives of Agency in Women’s Domestic Needlework 116
10. Chapter Four. Staging Women’s Relations to Textiles in Shakespeare’s Othello and Cymbeline 160
11. Chapter Five. Mary Sidney Wroth: Clothing Romance 191
12. Notes 223
13. Selected Bibliography 267
14. Index 291
15. Acknowledgments 299