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The Pipe Cap / Bishop's Mitre / Traditional Ingot | |||||||
This
page attempts to record what is known about the origin
and history of the origami design known as the Pipe Cap /
Bishop's Mitre napkin fold / Traditional Ingot. 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. ********** Diagrams for this design, called the Mitre and folded from a napkin, first appear in 'The practical housewife, forming a complete Encyclopedia of domestic economy" by R. K. Philp which was published in London by Ward & Lock in 1855. My thanks to Joan Sallas for this reference. ********** The same design, this time folded from a 1:3 sheet of paper, appears in ''De Kleine Papierwerkers', which was written by Elise Van Calcar and published by K H Schadd in Amsterdam in 1863. ********** In 1997 the Hong Kong Origami Society published diagrams drawn by Janson Chow which presented what was essentially the same design as a Yuan Bao or folded paper version of a traditional gold ingot. ********** When folded from a napkin, the modern version of this design is usually called the Bishop's Mitre. |
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