Origami Heaven

A paperfolding paradise

The website of writer and paperfolding designer David Mitchell

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The Plaster Holder
 
This page attempts to record what is known about the history of the origami design which I call The Plaster Holder. 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.

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The Lady's Book (aka Godey's Lady Book) of June 1834, an American publication, contains instructions for folding a container for a court-plaster (a sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerine)

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