| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| The Teapot Stand | |||||||
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page is being used to collect information about the
history of the modular origami design known as the Teapot
Stand. 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. The earliest record of this design comes from Europe, but it is named as a 'Japanische Topftasse'. ********** In Japan and in books by Japanese authors 1944 This design appears in 'Origami Shuko' by Isao Honda, which was published in 1944.
********** The design also appears: 1959 In 'Pocket Guide to Origami: Bow-Wow Book', by Isao Honda, which was published by the Asahi Origami Club, Tokyo in 1959.
********** 1965 As 'Hot Plate Holder', and made from only 48 postcards, in 'The World of Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published in the USA by Japan Publications Trading Company in 1965.
********** In Europe and the Americas 1923 This design appears as 'Japanische Topftasse' in 'Falten und Formen mit Papier' by Richard Rothe which was published by Deutscher Verlag für Jugend und Volk in Vienna and Leipzig in 1923. Inter alia the text says '(From a school in Tokyo.) The Japanese and Chinese, who are masters of folding, produce an abundance of beautiful, simple and also compound forms of folding, some of which will be shown here, as they are practised in the lessons of general schools'.
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