Published in conjunction with the exhibition The Fabric of Cultures: Fashion, Identity, Globalization at the Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY, February 14-June 1, 2006 February 13 – May 4, 2008 Museum of Craft and Folk Art 51 Yerba Buena Lane San Franciso, California 94103 T: (415) 227-4888 / F: (415) 227-4351 www.mocfa.org The exhibition was made possible by The Coby Foundation, Ltd., New York; The Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc., New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities; Gertrud and Harold Parker; Mrs. Jayne Wrightsman, and the Friends of the Godwin-Ternbach Museum. The catalogue was funded by The Coby Foundation, Ltd., The Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc., and Gertrud and Harold Parker.
The Poetry of Dress Robert Herrick (British, 1591–1674)
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Front cover: Detail from Chinese Women’s Robe, Queens College Costume Collection
A sweet disorder in the dress Kindles in clothes a wantonness: A lawn about the shoulders thrown Into a fine distractiòn, An erring lace, which here and there Enthrals the crimson stomacher, A cuff neglectful, and thereby Ribbands to flow confusedly, A winning wave, deserving note, In the tempestuous petticoat, A careless shoe-string, in whose tie I see a wild civility, Do more bewitch me, than when art Is too precise in every part.