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1900

A decoration folded from an equilateral triangle appears as 'Placa para revestimiento' (Cladding Plate) in an article in El Monitor 330 of 31st August 1900.

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A decoration woven from an equilateral triangle appears in 'Trabajo Manual' by C Champy Alvear, which was published by Cabaut y Cia in Buenos Aires in 1913. The text says, roughly translated: 'The resulting design has the disadvantage ... of not being able to be linked, but it is widely used as an ornament on baskets, boxes, pictures etc., as we will see later.'

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1940

This design, which is folded from an equilateral triangle, appears as 'Roseta de Tres Puntas' (Rosette with Three Points) 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.

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1944

'Origami Shuko' by Isao Honda, which was published in 1944, contains diagrams for folding a hexagonal decoration from an equilateral triangle.

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