Main Index Page

Last updated 27/4/2024

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This page is beoing used to record what is known about the history of various types of paper bands, chains and garlands. 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 Witch's Ladder - 1863 onwards

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Fold and Slit Paper Tinsel - 1876 onwards

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Paper Chains - 1882 onwards

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Slit and Stretch Paper Garlands - 1932 onwards

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1960

'A Novel Paper Chain' needing no glue appears in 'Paper Folding Fun' by Robert Harbin, which was published by Oldbourne in London in 1960.

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1961

A very simple way of creating bunting appear' in 'Wir Falten' by Joachim Schönherr and Gerta Schumann, which was published by Rudolf Arnold Verlag in Leipzig in 1961.

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