David Mitchell's Origami Heaven - History - Windmill Base Patterns and Decorations

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Windmill Base Patterns and Decorations

This page attempts to record what is known about the origin and history of Windmill Base Patterns and Decorations. 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. If the Froebelian tradition such patterns and decorations are known as Folds of Beauty. In France they were commonly referred to as 'rosaces'. ******** 1891 There are references to rosaces folded from squares, which I take to be a reference to Windmill Base Patterns, in the 'Bulletin de la Societe de Protection des Apprentis', an official document issued by the Societe de Protection des Apprentis et des Enfants Employes par les Manufactures in Paris in 1891. ****** 1892 'Le Travail Manuel a L'ecole Primaire' by Jully & Rocheron, which was published by Librairie Classique Eugene Belin in Paris in 1892, contained instructions for making several decorations derived from the windmill base under the title 'Rosaces a 4 pointes'.. ****** 1910 'Distractions Enfantines' by Marie Koenig, which was published by Librairie Hachette et Cie in Paris in 1910, explains how to make a Jewellery Box covered in simple windmill base decorations and how to develop this decoration into a Golden Frame. ****** 1940 A design called 'Cuadrado Imbricado Roseta' appears 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 ********