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page attempts to record what is known about the origin
and history of the origami design known as the Duck.
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. ********** 1873 As far as I know this design first appears, as 'Ente', in 'Die Praxis Des Kindergartens' by Auguste Koehler, which was published by Herman Bohlau in Weimar in 1873.
********** 1882 The Duck also appears in part two of 'The Kindergarten Guide' by Maria Kraus Boelte and John Kraus, which was probably first published in 1882 by E. Steiger and Company in New York. It is made by folding the front feet of the Pajarita away inside the design.
********** 1894 The Duck appears as 'Le canard' in 'Jeux et Occupations Pour les Petits: Guide des Mères et des Institutrices' by Henriette Suzanne Brés was published by Librairie Classique Fernand Nathan in Paris in 1894.
********** 1896 The Duck is pictured, but not named, in Eleonore Heerwart's 'Course in Paperfolding', which was first published in Dutch in 1895 then in English by Charles and Dible in London and Glasgow in 1896.
********** 1897 The Duck also appears in Lois Bates' 'Kindergarten Guide', which was first published by Longmans, Green and Co in London in 1897.
********** 1900 A slightly more advanced version of the Duck appears in 'Die Frobelschen Beschaftigungen: Das Falten' by Marie Muller-Wunderlich, which was published by Friedrich Brandstetter in Leipzig in 1900.
********** 1940 The basic version of the design, called 'Patito' (Duckling), and a variant, called 'Caballito' (Rocking Horse), both appear 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. Patito
*** Caballito
********** 1963 The Duck also appears in the second edition of 'Het Grote Vouwboek' by Aart van Breda, which was published by Uitgeverij van Breda in 1963.
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