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The Square Hat / Le Bonnet Carre
 
This page attempts to record what is known about the origin and history of the origami design known as the Square Hat / Le Bonnet Carre. 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.

The Square Hast appears to be a development of the Workman's Hat.

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A version of the Workman's Hat in which one flap is folded forwards and the other backwards, which makes the construction awkward, and the central flap is allowed to be upright rather than flattened, appeared under the title of 'Bonnet D'Eveque / Bonnet Carre' (Bishop's or Square Hat) in 'L'Annee Preparatoire de Travail Manuel' by M P Martin, which was published by Armand Collin & Cie in Paris in 1893.

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The design also appears (although with the top flap flattened in Booklet 4 of 'Images a Plier', a series of 6 booklets published by Librairie Larousse in Paris in 1932.

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