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This page is being used to re4cord information about the history of the paperfolding design known as The Chessboard, which is a derivative of the Table. 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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In China (and in publications by Chinese authors)

1914

Diagrams for this design appear in 'Zhe zhi tu shuo' (Illustrated Paperfolding), compiled by Gui Shaolie, which was published by the Commercial Press in Shanghai in Ming guo 3 (1914).

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In Japan (and in publications by Japanese authors)

1905

As far as I know this design first appears in 'Shukoka Kyoju Saian' by Gentaro Tanahashi and Hideyoshi Okayama, which was published by Hobunkan in Tokyo in 1905.

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Other versions of the design appear:

1931

In 'Origami (Part 1)' by Isao Honda, which was first published in Japan in 1931.

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1959

AIn 'Origami: Book Three' by Florence Sakade, which was published by the Charles E Tuttle Company in Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo in 1959.

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As 'Coffee Table (Tsukue)' in 'Origami: Volume 2' by Tokinobu and Hideko Mihara, which was published by the Oriental Culture Book Company in San Francisco, most probably in 1960.

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