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The Hand Basket
 
This page is being used to collect information about the history of the compound / glued paperfolding design known as the Hand Basket. 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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1939

As far as I know this design first appears as 'A Square Basket with a HandleA Hat with Cockades' in 'Fun with Paper' by Joseph Leeming, which was published by Spencer Press Inc in Chicago in 1939.

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1956

As far as I know the 'Hand Basket', which is developed from the Preliminary Fold, first appears in 'Paper Magic' by Robert Harbin, which was published by Oldbourne in London in 1956

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1968

This design also appears, as 'Basket or Japanese Box with Handle', in 'Teach Yourself Origami: The Art of Paperfolding' by Robert Harbin, which was published by The English Universities Press in 1968.

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