[14] For the impact of material properties and the quality of the colour and colorant on the value of textiles and dress, see Pastoreau, Black, 98-99, and Currie, Fashion and Masculinity, 99-100. Sometimes the colour was the largest single component of the total production costs. For Italy, see Frick, Dressing Renaissance Florence, 101-103; and for the Low Countries, Sturtewagen, ‘Respectably Dressed’, 154-156.