| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| The Ship / The Double-Decker Ship / The Clothes Drying Boat | |||||||
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page is being used to collect information about the
history of the paperfolding design known as the Ship, and
its derivative designs, including the Double-decker Ship
and the Clothes Drying Boat. 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 Ship In Japan 1894 An upside down version of the Ship, decorated and interpreted as 'Kappa' (a yokai, a mythical creature in Japanese folklore) appears in 1894 in issue 12 of the Japanese children's magazine 'Shokokumin'.
********** In Europe and the Americas 1873 This design appears as 'Schiff' in 'Die Praxis Des Kindergartens' by Auguste Koehler, which was published by Herman Bohlau in Weimar in 1873.
********** The design also appears: 1877 As 'The Ship', in 'Kindergarten Practice' by Mary Gurney, which is a substantially abridged version, in two parts, of 'Die Praxis Des Kindergartens' by Auguste Koehler. The second part, 'Froebel's Plane Surfaces', contains sections dealing with paper folding, cutting and weaving. The date of the first edition is not known. The second edition was published in 1877 in London by A N Myers and Co.
********** 1893 As 'Boat with Two Sails' in 'Paper and Scissors in the Schoolroom' by Emily Weaver, which was published by Milton Bradley Company in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1893.
The same book also contains a derivative design, 'Sailboat with Cabin'.
********** 1896 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. The design is pictured, but not named in this book.
********** 1910 As 'Houseboat or Noah's Ark' in 'Educational Handwork' by T B Kidner, which was published by The Educational Book Company Limited in Toronto in 1910.
********** The Double-Decker Ship In Japan (and in publications by Japanese authors) 1957 The Double-Decker Ship appears in 'Origami: Book One' by Florence Sakade, which was published by the Charles E Tuttle Company in Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo in 1957.
********** The Clothes Drying Boat In China (and in publications by Chinese authors) 1914 Diagrams for this variation of the Double-Decker Ship appear in 'Zhe zhi tu shuo' (Illustrated Paperfolding), compiled by Gui Shaolie, which was published by the Commercial Press in Shanghai in Ming guo 3 (1914).
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