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Folded Paper Clothing / Footwear / Personal Accessories
 
This page is being used to collect information about the history of folded paper clothing / footwear / personal accessories. Please contact me if you know any of this information is incorrect or if you have any other information that should be added. Thank you.

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The Short Sleeved Shirt - 1873 onwards

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The Scent Bottle - 1873 onwards

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The Slipper - 1873

This design appears as 'Pantoffel' (The Slipper) in 'Die Praxis Des Kindergartens' by Auguste Koehler, which was published by Herman Bohlau in Weimar in 1873.

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1877

This design appears as 'Hemd' in part 2 'Die Praxis' of 'Theoretisches und praktisches Handbuch der Fröbelschen Erziehungslehre' by Bertha von Marentholtz-Bülow, which was published by George H Wigand in Kassel in 1887.

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The Kimono - 1885 onwards

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The Socks - 1885 onwards

A design for 'tabi' or socks, derived from the Trousers, appears in 'Kindergarten Shoho' (Preliminary Kindergarten) by Iijima Hanjuro, which was copyrighted on October 4th Meiji 17 (1884) and published by Fukuda Senzo in August of Meiji 18 (1885).

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La Petaca (The Pocket) - 1907 onwards

This design first appears in an article titled 'El trabajo manual escolar' by Vicente Casto Legua in issue 191 of the Spanish magazine 'La Escuela Moderna' for February 1907, which was published in Madrid by Los Sucesores de Hernando.

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A similar design appears in 'El Mundo de Papel' by Dr Nemesio Montero, which was published by G Miranda in Edicions Infancia in Valladolid in 1939.

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1908

'Origami zusetsu' (Illustrated Origami) by Sano Shozo, which was published in Tokyo in 1908, contains diagrams for a simple 'Juban' (undershirt).

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1917

Two (very similar) designs for 'Women's Shoes' appear in 'Xu Zhe zhi tu shuo' (More Illustrated Paperfolding) by Yongxiang Shi, which was published by the Commercial Press in Shanghai in 1917.

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The same book contains a design for 'Tiger Head Shoes'. One end of the box is glued together.

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The same book contains a design for 'Old Women's Shoes'.

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The same book also contains a design for 'Women's Western-style Leather Shoes'.

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c1929

Booklet 3 of 'Trabajos Manuales Salvatella - Plegado de figuras de papel', which was published by Editorial Miguel A Salvatera in Barcelona around 1929, contains a design for 'La Bota', a boot folded from a square.

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The same design appears as 'Bota' in 'Una Hoja de Papel' by Lorenzo Herrero, which was published by Miguel A Salvatella in Barcelona in 1952.

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Jiyuban (the undershirt) - 1931 onwards

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1939

'El Mundo de Papel' by Dr Nemesio Montero, which was published by G Miranda in Edicions Infancia in Valladolid in 1939, contains a two-piece design for 'La Camisa de Caballero' (The Gentleman's Shirt).

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El baston - 1939

'El Mundo de Papel' by Dr Nemesio Montero, which was published by G Miranda in Edicions Infancia in Valladolid in 1939, contains a design for a twisted paper walking stick.

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1944

There is a design for a 'Cloak' (made by leaving one end of the Collapsible Box unfolded) in 'Origami Shuko' by Isao Honda, which was published in 1944.

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1956

'Paper Magic' by Robert Harbin, which was published by Oldbourne in London in 1956, contains:

Pair of Shorts (from a banknote). Attributed to Orville Meyer, U.S.A.

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The Cowboy Trousers (from a banknote). Attributed to Rolf Harris.

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Arabian Headdress. Attributed to Rolf Harris.

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