Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco

42. pApeR cRAFTS. Album of paper ephemera:
pregibna sola - prosto vpletanje - Fzrezovanje.
Slovenia, first half of 19th century, € 2.500
folio (360x280 mm), contemporary binding in half cloth.
The album includes 25 leaves of thick paper: on each are
lied 9, 12 or 16 compositions of paper ephemera. 13
leaves are titled “Pregibna sola” (“solely folded paper”, similar
to origami); 3 leaves are titled “Prosto vpletanje” (“freely
woven paper”); 6 leaves are titled “Frezovanje” (“cut
paper”); the last 3 leaves contains variated silhouettes on
a brown background. Each page includes several samples
of skillful compositions, in which bi-colour paper is creatively
used to form a surprising variety of shapes and
figures. Paper folding may have originated in China and
Japan (traditional and modular origami, Kirigami) but it
may have developed independently in several countries.
In Eastern Europe it had a primarily pedagogical purpose,
giving children a hands-on method for learning mathematics.
An uncommoun item. [18730]
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