Ornamentalism : the art of Renaissance accessories / edited and with an introduction by Bella Mirabella.

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2011], ©2011.

342 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Scented buttons and perfumed gloves : smelling things in Renaissance Italy / Evelyn Welch -- From the sacred to the secular : the gendered geography of veils in Italian cinquecento fashion / Eugenia Paulicelli -- Embellishing herself with a cloth : the contradictory life of the handkerchief / Bella Mirabella -- Busks, bodices, bodies / Ann Rosalind Jones and Peter Stallybrass -- "Had it a codpiece, 'twere a man indeed" : the codpiece as constitutive accessory in early modern English culture / Will Fisher -- Dildos and accessories : the functions of early modern strap-ons / Liza Blake -- Chains of pearls : gender, property, identity / Karen Raber -- "As my whole trust is in him" : jewelry and the quality of early modern relationships / Catherine Richardson -- Forms in wax : Shakespeare and the personality of the seal / Joseph Loewenstein -- Accessorizing the stage : alien women's work and the fabric of early modern material culture / Natasha Korda -- "Grandissima gratia" : the power of Italian Renaissance shoes as intimate wear / Michelle A. Laughran and Andrea Vianello -- What we talk about when we talk about scissors / Adam Smyth -- "Bought my boye" : the boy as accessory on the early modern stage / Amanda Bailey.

Includes bibliographical references and index.