The Public Paperfolding History Project
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The Nurse's Cap / The Simple Wallet | |||||||
This
page is being used to collect information about the
history of the design derived from the House which can be
used / interpreted either as a hat or a wallet. It is
known under many names but I call it the Nurse's Cap or
the Simple Wallet. 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. ********** In China (and in publications by Chinese authors) 1914 Diagrams for this design, titled 'Wallet', appear in 'Zhe zhi tu shuo' (Illustrated Paperfolding), compiled by Gui Shaolie, which was published by the Commercial Press in Shanghai in Ming guo 3 (1914). ********** In Japan (and in publications by Japanese authors) 1903 The design appears as a wallet in 'Jinjo Kouto Shogaku Shuko Seisakuzu' (Handicrafts for ordinary higher elementary schools) by Hideyoshi Okayama, which was published by Rokushiro Uehara in Tokyo in 1903. ********** 1904 The design appears as 'Father's Business Card Holder' in 'Shukouka Kyoju Shishin: Maiji Haitou' by Hyojiro Nakagaki, which was published by Kenseikai in Tokyo in 1904. ********** 1905 The same design appears as a hat (title unknown) in 'Shukouka Kyohon : Liron Jishuu Souga Setsumei' by Kikujiro Kiuchi, Rokushiro Uehara and Hideyoshi Okayama, which was published by Shigebei Takase in Chiba in 1905. ********** 1907 The same design appears, without a drawing of what the result should look like, in 'Shukou Tebikigusa : Kokumin Kyoiku Origami Yuihimo' by Ishin Nishigaki, which was published by Meguro Shoten in Nagaoka in 1907. I cannot understand the title of the design. ********** 1908 Diagrams for the Simple Wallet (here called the Business Card Holder) also appear in 'Origami zusetsu' (Illustrated Origami) by Sano Shozo, which was published in Tokyo in 1908. ********** 1931 The design appears as 'Wallet' in 'Origami (Part 1)' by Isao Honda which was published in 1931. ********** 1944 The design appears as a wallet in 'Origami Shuko' by Isao Honda, which was published in 1944. ********** 1959 This design appears as a 'Nurse's Cap / Scout Cap / GI Cap / Stewardesses Cap / Billfold' (a small, folding sleeve or case designed to hold paper currency) 'Origami: Book Three' by Florence Sakade, which was published by the Charles E Tuttle Company in Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo in 1959. Of the lower design the instructions say: ********** 1965 The design also appears, as 'Overseas Cap', in 'The World of Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published in the USA by Japan Publications Trading Company in 1965. ********** In Europe and the Americas 1900 A drawing of what an unnamed and unexplained design that is most probably the Nurse's Cap appears in 'Mes Jolie Jeux' by Henriette Suzanne Bres, which was published by Librairie Hachette in Paris in 1900. ********** 1907 The Nurse's Cap design appears as 'Al gorro ruso' (the Russian cap) in an article titled 'El trabajo manual escolar' by Vicente Casto Legua in the January 1907 issue of the Spanish magazine 'La Escuela Moderna' which was published in Madrid by Los Sucesores de Hernando. No illustration of the design is given but the design can be reproduced from the instructions. ********** 1923 As 'El Gorro' in 'Trabajos Manuales y Juegos Infantiles' by Francisco Blanch, which was published by I. G. Seix y Barral Hermanos S.A.- Editores in Barcelona in 1923. About this design the text says, 'We are going to explain how that material, the hat, is constructed, A piece of paper of any kind will suffice, which has a square shape and about two spans on each side. By folding it suitably a hat like the one seen in Fig A is made.' No more detailed folding instructions are provided. ********** 1940 The same design appears as 'Gorro de Pintor' (Painter's Hat) in 'El Plegado y Cartonaje en la Escuela Primaria' by Antonio M Luchia and Corina Luciani de Luchia, which was published by Editorial Kapelusz in Buenos Aires in 1940. ********** 1959 This design also appears, as 'Cap' but clearly decorated as a Nurse's Cap, in 'Fun-time Paper Folding' by Elinor Tripato Massoglio, which was published by Childrens Press in Chicago in 1959 ********** 1968 This design for a 'GI Cap' appears in 'Teach Yourself Origami: The Art of Paperfolding' by Robert Harbin, which was published by The English Universities Press in 1968. It is the same design as the Nurse's Cap except that the flaps are tucked inside. ********** |
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