The result is similar, but it looks to be a cloth disc pleated or gathered into a band, usually called a mob or mop cap.
Other variations have the constriction a couple of inches from the edge, so there is a frill around as a sort of brim. These are often seen as part of a female cooks uniform in grand houses on historic TV tales, and sometimes in books of nursery rhymes or fairy stories. They are possibly remnants of a Tudor fashion item, often seen with lavish decoration.
Anne the Pleater :ootd:
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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