Paula Hohti Erichsen is Professor of the History of Art and Culture at Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture in Helsinki, Finland, and scientific director of the ERC consolidator-grant funded project ‘Refashioning the Renaissance: Popular Groups, Fashion, and the Material and Cultural Significance of Clothing in Europe, 1550-1650’. She is specialized in studies of Italian Renaissance dress, material culture, and decorative arts, with a special focus on their role and function within the classes of artisans and shopkeepers.

• Acknowledgements, Notes on Money, Dates, and Measures, List of Illustrations, List of Tables, Introduction, PART I, BOUNDARIES AND BORDERS: ARTISANS AND LOCAL TRADERS IN RENAISSANCE SOCIETY, Chapter 1: Artisans and Traders in Renaissance Siena, Chapter 2: The Economic Status of Sienese Artisans and Shopkeepers, Chapter 3: Boundaries, Borders and Hierarchies, PART II, CREATIVE ECONOMIES: THE ACQUISITION AND CIRCULATION OF MATERIAL GOODS, Chapter 4: Business and Income, Chapter 5: Buying and Acquiring Material Goods, Chapter 6: Dowries and the Circulation of Material Goods, PART III:, THE OWNERSHIP, DISPLAY, AND MEANINGS OF MATERIAL GOODS, Chapter 7: A Respectable and Comfortable Home, Chapter 8: Novelty, Refinement and 'Splendour', Chapter 9: The Home on Show, Conclusion, Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography, About the Author, Index