Child's padded cap, or pudding

Date1680-1730

MediumSilk, cotton lining, metallic cord.

DimensionsDiameter: 8"; Height: 5".

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Object number1971-1391

DescriptionChild's padded cap called a "pudding" of red-rust velvet and silver-metallic woven textile. The pudding consists of a padded cap with an open crown having a single piece of 2 1/4-inch wide red-rust velvet ribbon going over top of the head. The padded portions of the cap consist of alternating crescent-shaped panes of silver-metallic woven fabric, each section outlined with red-rust velvet cording and separately padded with unidentified material. One faded carnation pink silk tie ribbon remains.
ProvenanceEx Coll. Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Cohen.