(12-07-2026, 01:06 AM)LisaFaginDavis wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.It was certainly made with the intention of being folded, but whether that intent was for sewing or not, we can't say.
It seems an unnatural way to use a large square sheet. Drawing the large rosette diagram on one side is understandable, even as it appears to have been done without regard to the three folds that were later made in the sheet.
But after turning the sheet over, the decision to divide the other side into six separate panels of content with different orientations seems strange, even if the plan was simply to fold it up. Treating the sheet as six panels is consistent with the typical page size, so that part is not surprising. What is puzzling is the choice of multiple directions: three are upright, while the entire sheet must be rotated 180 degrees to read the other three.
This suggests that the maker had something more in mind than simply folding it down to size. And if the purpose was not the elaborate foldout design in which it was eventually bound, then what was it?
Perhaps it was just intended as a little standalone-pamphlet with just six pages, but with a drawing that you can only view after completely unfolding it to become a full size sheet. Possible, but it seems an odd scenario that stretches the imagination.
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