| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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page is being used to collect information about the
history of the paperfolding design I call Four Points.
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. Four Points is a flat decoration developed from the Windmill Base. There are many decoratiove variations of this basic design in the literature. ********** 1869 As far as I know this design first appears in 'Der Kindergarten' by Hermann Goldammer, which was published by Habel in Berlin in 1869.
********** The same designs appears in 'Paradise of Childhood' by Edward Wiebe, which was published by Milton, Bradley and Company in Springfield, Massachusetts, also in 1869. ********** Four Points also appears: 1873 In 'Exercices et Travaux pour les Enfants Selon la Méthode et les Procédés de Pestalozzi et de Froebel' by Fanny and Charles Delon, which was published by Librairie Hachette in Paris in 1873
********** 1874 In the third edition of 'Der Kindergarten' by Hermann Goldammer, which was published by Carl Babel in Berlin in 1874.
*********** 1913 Among several decorations developed from the Windmill Base to appear in 'Trabajo Manual' by C Champy Alvear, which was published by Cabaut y Cia in Buenos Aires in 1913.
********** 1951 Among several decorations developed from the Windmill Base to appear in 'Occupons nos doigts' by Raymond Richard which was published by Les Editions du Cep Beaujolais in Villefranche-sur-Rhone in 1951.
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