Viennese gold hood, 19th century

Gold embroidery, cords

(H x W)25 × 25 cm

Status

on display, room 012

About the workThis headdress is based on a series of splendid “Goldhaube” gold bonnets from Austria, which originated around 1750 and were initially worn by bourgeois women on special occasions such as going to church or for festivities like christenings and weddings. This variety, with gold embroidery, a wide brim and a small, rounded head covering, emerged in Vienna in the early nineteenth century. The bonnet is held in place by a drawstring that is tied at the nape of the neck. This fashion spread along the Danube to Passau and the rural Lower Bavarian region.

AccessionAcquired 1927 from the Kunstgewerbemuseum

Provenance[...]; bis 8.2.1889 Dr. Franz Johann Joseph Bock, Kanonikus, Geistlicher und Kunsthistoriker (Aachen-Burtscheid 1823-1899 Aachen); 8.2.1889 - 1927 ehem. Kunstgewerbemuseum Düsseldorf (1883-1927) angekauft von Bock; 1927 übernommen aus dem Kunstgewerbemuseum

Inventory numberP 13559

Contact

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