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This page is being used to collect information about the combining of Schonheitsformen into larger patterns, which formed part of the Froebelian Occupation of Falten. 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.

There are separate pages for Combinations of Geometric Folds and Combinations of Lebensformen.

Heerwart (see entry for 1895) says that Froebel referred to the laying together of Schonheitsformen as 'Getafel formen' or 'patterns of inlaid wood'.

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1882

'The Kindergarten Guide' by Maria Kraus Boelte and John Kraus, which was published by E. Steiger and Company in New York and by George Philip and Son in London, probably in 1882, shows how to combine Schonnheitsformen (both uncut and cut designs) into larger patterns.

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1895

'Course of Paperfolding' by Eleonore Heerwart, which was published by Charles and Dible in London and Glasgow in 1895, mentions 'Gefatel formen' twice in connection with the combination of Schonnheitsformen into larger patterns.:

(Note: It seems likely to me that there is a misprint here and that the first sentence should end after (forms of beauty).)

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