Durer 'Wulsthaube' Revisited

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Clicking on the image will take you to the original bildindex entry.

Per Babelfish, the upper caption reads:

+1,200,199 Berlin, copper pass cabinet, Albrecht Dürer, still life, feather/spring design? (Aufn. 1900-40)

The lower caption reads:

obj 00030727 Dürer, Albrecht, still life with apron, desk and Tintenfaβ, 1512/1514, sketch, Berlin, national museums to Berlin - Preuβi cultural possession, copper pass cabinet - collection of the Zeichnunger and printing graphics

NOTES: OK, I know that the caption says 'apron', but given the scale of the objects involved (and my own stubborn will, I am sure) I am having a hard time believing that this is an apron. During this period, aprons weren't tiny little affairs worn by French maids. 

Thoughts?

Also, during the 1512/1514 period Albrecht was living in Nürnberg producing art for Maximiian I. This was between his trips to Italy and to Antwerp and therefore means that this image is most likely German in origin.

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At some point I want to puzzel out that seam placement - a little odd to me for some reason.