| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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page attempts to record what is known about the origin
and history of paper tools and other items of household
equipment. 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. ********** 1894 A design for a two-part pipe, attributed to a M. Bebe, a schoolteacher from Chalon-sur-Saone, appears in an article by Marie Koenig in 'L'Ami de L'Enfance' of 15th August 1894. The stem of the pipe is a rolled allumette or spill, the bowl a paper cone, the bottom of which has been crushed so that it will fit inside the stem. The tobacco is made from brown wool.
********** 1898 The same design appears in 'Travaux Recreatifs Pour les Enfants de 4 a 10 Ans' by Marie Koenig, was published by Librairie Hachette et Cie in Paris in 1898.
1905 An illustration of a goblet, a pipe, a mug and a spoon made from rolled and twisted paper, appears in the Buenos Aires edition of the magazine 'Caras y Caretas', Issue 238, of 25th March 1905
********** ********** 1917 A design for a 'Hookah Pipe' appears in 'Xu Zhe zhi tu shuo' (More Illustrated Paperfolding) by Yongxiang Shi, which was published by the Commercial Press in Shanghai in 1917.
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