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This article by Albers headed 'Pliages de papier' and subheaded 'Le sac a bonbons' which explained how to make The Star-Shaped Box. Albers comments, roughly translated, 'Several similar folds have been sent to me by different readers, MM, Larrier, a Marseille, E. J, a W etc,. Because they bear a great similarity to the box above I have not published these folds ...'

It is possible either that this is an independent rediscovery of the traditional Japanese design in Europe or that the Japanese design had somehow become known in France. The latter is perhaps more likely since we know that, for instance, Isao Honda had spent time in Paris in around 1908 when he was studying Western painting.

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