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Bilaterally Symmetric Fold and Cut Designs
 
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Fold and Cut / Fold, Cut and Fold Animals - 1762 onwards

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Bilaterally Symmetric Representational Fold and Cut Designs

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The Cut and Fold Model Aeroplane - 1886 onwards

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As a way of cutting symmetrical vase forms - 1888 onwards

This technique appears in the 'Teacher's Manual for Prang's Shorter Course in Form Study and Drawing, by John S Clark, Mary Dana Hicks and Walter S Perry, which was published by The Prang Educational Company in Boston, New York and Chicago in 1888.

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Reference to the same technique also appears:

in 'The Prang Primary Course in Art Education: Part 2: The Second Primary Year' by Mary Dana Hicks and Josephine C Locke, which was published by The Prang Educational Company in Boston in 1893.

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In 'Teacher's Manual for The Prang Complete Course in Form Study and Drawing Books VII and VIII' by John S Clark, Mary Dana Hicks and Walter S Perry, which was published by The Prang Educational Company in Boston, New York and Chicago in 1895.

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The Sister of Charity - 1891 onwards

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