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Very few late 17th- early 18th-century clothing items have survived, and it is fortunate that this delicate cotton children cap, with embroidered flower motives, has come down to us. This cap gives a good impression of the first head covering a small infant or child would have worn. In Dutch domestic scenes from the 17th-century small children often are depicted wearing such a cotton or linen caps, some plain others decorated with lace and embroidery. Very young children, who are still learning how to walk and risk falling or hitting their head, are shown wearing pudding caps with padded brim. A rare sample of such 17th-century protective hat wear, made of black silk velvet with padded brim, is kept in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/BK-NM-3009--a034db8496d1b8e3afe42a1566ad013e
Location: Metropolitan Museum
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Title: Cap
Date: early 18th century
Culture: American or European
Medium: cotton
Object Number: C.I.44.95