Rembrandt Sheet of Studies, with a Woman Teaching a Child to Walk

A baby bumper headguard cap, also known as a falling cap, or pudding hat, is a protective

hat A hat is a head covering which is worn for various reasons, including protection against weather conditions, ceremonial reasons such as university graduation, religious reasons, safety, or as a fashion accessory. Hats which incorporate mecha ...

worn by children learning to walk, to protect their heads in case of falls. Known as a pudding or black pudding, a version used during the early 17th century until the late 18th century was usually open at the top and featured a sausage-shaped bumper roll that circled the head like a

crown A crown is a traditional form of head adornment, or hat, worn by monarchs as a symbol of their power and dignity. A crown is often, by extension, a symbol of the monarch's government or items endorsed by it. The word itself is used, partic ...

. It was fastened with straps under the chin. File:Pieter de Hooch - Teaching a Child to Walk.jpg, '' Teaching a Child to Walk'', by

Pieter de Hooch Pieter de Hooch (, also spelled "Hoogh" or "Hooghe"; 20 December 1629 (baptized) – 24 March 1684 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. He was a contemporary of ...

File:Christian Hendrik Jacob Pielat van Bulderen.JPG, ''Portrait of Christian Hendrik Jacob Pielat van Bulderen'' in falling cap, by

Pierre Frédéric de la Croix Pierre Frédéric de la Croix (1709 – 1782), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography He was born in France but moved to The Hague, where he joined the Confrerie Pictura in 1753.helmet A helmet is a form of protective gear worn to protect the head. More specifically, a helmet complements the skull in protecting the human brain. Ceremonial or symbolic helmets (e.g., a policeman's helmet in the United Kingdom) without protect ...

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