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Using paperfolding to create templates of the faces of polyhedra
 

This technique appears in a series of teacher's manuals published by the Prang Educational Company in the late 19th Century. 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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1888

This method is used to create a template for a cube in 'the 'Teacher's Manual for Prang's Shorter Course in Form Study and Drawing, by John S Clark, Mary Dana Hicks and Walter S Perry, which was published by The Prang Educational Company in Boston, New York and Chicago in 1888.

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This technique also appears:

1890

In 'Part 1 for Prang's Complete Course in Form Study and Drawing Books I and II' by John S Clark, Mary Dana Hicks and Walter S Perry, which was published by the The Prang Educational Company in Boston, New York and Chicago in 1890.

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1893

In 'The Prang Primary Course in Art Education: Part 2: The Second Primary Year' by Mary Dana Hicks and Josephine C Locke, which was published by The Prang Educational Company in Boston in 1893.

For a Cone

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For a Square Pyramid

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A Square Pyramid

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A Cube

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A Square Prism

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Equilateral Triangle Prism

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