| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| The Shovel | |||||||
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page attempts to record what is known about the origin
and history of the origami design known as the Shovel.
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. ********** 1873 As far as I know this design first appears, as 'Schaufel' in 'Die Praxis Des Kindergartens' by Auguste Koehler, which was published by Herman Bohlau in Weimar in 1873. It is derived from a pleated rectangle.
********** 1882 The same design appears in part two of 'The Kindergarten Guide' by Maria Kraus Boelte and John Kraus, which was probably first published by E. Steiger and Company in New York in 1882.
********** 1896 A similar design is pictured in Eleonore Heerwart's 'Course in Paperfolding', which was first published in Dutch in 1895 then in English by Charles and Dible in London and Glasgow in 1896.
********** 1910 Similar designs appear as 'Schippe' (shovel) and 'Spitze Schippe' (spade) in Part 2 'Das Flechten' of 'Die Frobelschen Beschaftigungen' by Marie Muller-Wunderlich, which was published by Friedrich Brandstetter in Leipzig in 1910.
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