| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| Fold, Slit and Fold Boxes and Other Useful Items | |||||||
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should be added. Thank you. Please note that this index page is incomplete at present since I was not originally recording instances of this kind of design. ********** 1892 'The Prang Primary Course in Art Education: Part 1: The First Primary Year' by Mary Dana Hicks and Josephine C Locke, which was published by the Prang Educational Company in Boston in 1892, contains several designs for boxes made using the slit and fold technique. Cubic Box (Cut) - From a square divided into a 3x3 grid
*** Oblong Box / Market Basket (Cut) - From a 2x3 oblong
*** Card Tray (Cut)
********** The Slit and Fold Cubic Box - 1897 onwards
********** 1910 A slit and cut design for an 'Einfacher Kasten' (Simple Box), which can be turned into a basket, appears in 'Allerlei Papierarbeiten' by Hildergard Gierke and Alice Kuczynski, which was published by Drud und Verlag B G Teubner in Leipzig and Berlin in 1910.
********** 1913 'Trabajo Manual' by C Champy Alvear, which was published by Cabaut y Cia in Buenos Aires in 1913, contains several designs made using the slit and fold technique.
*** p71. Caja japonesa The instructions show how to construct a lid for the box in a similar way and how to twist the two together.
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