| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| Folded Paper Cubes and Cuboids | |||||||
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page is being used to collect information about the
history of folded paper cubes and cuboids, whether cut or
uncut, single-sheet or modular. 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. This page is about the construction of polyhedra from regular starting shapes. Information about the construction of cut and fold icosahedra from irregular nets can be found here. ********** The Tematebako - 1734 onwards
********** 1750? This print, which is said to be by the Japanese designer Nishikawa Sukenobu (1671-1750), shows several folded paper objects, among which is a cube. Three faces of the cube are visible but only the top face is crossed by folded edges. This may be an inexact drawing of a Cubical Box / Tematebako or a drawing of some other cube entirely, perhaps folded from a single sheet, which has otherwise disappeared from the historical record. I have not been able to verify that this print is indeed by Nishikawa Sukenobu, but, if it is, it can date to no later than 1750 when he died.
********** The Playing Card Cube - 1759 onwards
********** The Waterbomb - 1863 onwards
********** The Two-Ring Cube - 1889 onwards (Aka The Third Construction of the Cube)
********** The Second Construction of the Cube (Cut) - 1890 onwards
********** The Fourth Construction of the Cube (Cut) - 1890 onwards
********** The Fifth Construction of the Cube (Cut) - 1890 onwards
********** c1929 Booklet 4 of 'Trabajos Manuales Salvatella - Plegado de figuras de papel', which was published by Editorial Miguel A Salvatera in Barcelona in or around 1929, contains diagrams for 'El Cubo', a one piece cube folded from a square divided into a 5x5 grid.
*** The same booklet contains diagrams for 'Paralelepipedo' a cuboid folded from a 5 x 9 oblong.
********** 1940 'El Plegado y Cartonaje en la Escuela Primaria' by Antonio M Luchia and Corina Luciani de Luchia, which was published by Editorial Kapelusz in Buenos Aires in 1940, contains instructions showing how to make a cube in four different ways, one of which is the Two-Ring Cube (see above) and the other three of which use cuts. Construccion del Cubo (2) - Construction of a Cube from a 4x4 Grid using Cuts
********** Construccion del Cubo (3) - Construction of a Cube from a 3x4 Grid using Cuts
********** The Mystery Box - 1944 onwards
********** The Color Box / Sonobe Cube - 1968 onwards
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