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1859

'Manuel Pratique de Jardins D'Enfants de Friedrich Froebel' by J F Jacobs, which was published in Brussells and Paris in 1859 contains mention of two designs, 'La garde-robe' and 'Le compteur' which are probably pieces of furniture, Unfortunately, lacking illustrations, they cannot be identified with any certainty.

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The Table - 1859 onwards

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The Corner Cabinet - 1859 onwards

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The Bench and the Bench with Arms - 1863 onwards

'De Kleine Papierwerkers 1', which was written by Elise Van Calcar and published by K H Schadd in Amsterdam in 1863 contains pictures of two designs, 'De bank' which seems to be a version of the Bench, and 'Het swavelbakje' (the swivel tray) which looks like a lidded box. I have not able to find the lidded box design elsewhere.

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The Stand / The Crib / The Seat / The PianoStool / The Bathchair / The bed with Curled Ends - 1873 onwards

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The Chair - 1876 onwards

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The Sofa - 1882 onwards

(Design developed from the House)

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1885

An illustration of a design for a Go Board appears in 'Kindergarten Shoho' (Preliminary Kindergarten) by Iijima Hanjuro, which was copyrighted on October 4th Meiji 17 (1884) and published by Fukuda Senzo in August of Meiji 18 (1885)

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The Bed - 1887 onwards

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1890

A design for 'Autre berceau' (another cradle) appears in 'Le travail manuel a l'ecole et dans la famille' by MM, Bertrand, Toussaint and Gombert, which was published by Loucene, Oudin et ces Editeurs in Paris in 1890.

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The Chair - 1893 onwards

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1904

A number of simpledesigns for items of furniture appear in 'Handbüchlein der Papierfaltekunst' (Handbook of Paperfolding Art) by J Sperl, which was first published by by H Hartleben's Verlag in Wien and Leipzig in 1904.

Bank (Bench)

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Hocker / Stockerl (Stool)

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Tisch - (Table) (Cut)

A cut is used to separate each pair of legs.

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Lehnsessel - (Chair)

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Bett (Bed)

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The Chessboard - 1905 onwards

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The Armchair - 1914 onwards

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The Paper Strip Chair - 1927 onwards

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1927

Several items of simply folded and cut furniture appear in 'Lustiges Papierfaltbüchlein' by Johanna Huber, which was published by Otto Maier in Ravensburg, Germany, probably in 1927.

Bant - Bench

This design begins from a square divided into fifths. No method of achieving this is given.

The design is locked by folding in the edge all around the opening, then finished using a cut.

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Table and Slanting Table

These two simple designs are made from a rectangle folded up to a strip.

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Tafelgestell - Easel

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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 Sillon', a chair folded from a square divded into a 5x5 grid.

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The Low Chair - 1931 onwards

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The Footstall - 1931 onwards

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1931

A table folded from an equilateral triangle developed from a square appears in the revised 3rd edition of 'Lustiges Papierfaltbüchlein' by Johanna Huber, which was published by Otto Maier in Ravensburg, Germany in 1931.

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1934

This 'New Steel Bed' appears in 'Zhezhi Xinfa' (New Ways to Fold Paper), which was published by The Commercial Press in China in 1934.

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1936

Another 'Table' appears in 'Paper Toy Making' by Margaret Campbell, which was first published by Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd in London, probably in 1937, although both the Foreword and Preface are dated 1936, which argues that the book was complete at that date.

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1939

A simple bench appears as 'Banco' in 'Plegado' by Rufino Yapur, which was published by Editores Independencia in Buenos Aires in 1939.

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'El Mundo de Papel' by Dr Nemesio Montero, which was published by G Miranda in Edicions Infancia in Valladolid in 1939, contains a multiple-piece design for 'La cama' (The Bed).

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1948

'The Art of Chinese Paper folding for Young and Old' by Maying Soong, which was published by Harcourt Brace and Company contains diagrams for a quite sophisticated table.

Table

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1952

These two tables appears in 'Una Hoja de Papel' by Lorenzo Herrero, which was published by Miguel A Salvatella in Barcelona in 1952.

'Mesa' - from a windmill base

'Mesita' - from a bird base.

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1958

A design for a wall clock appears in 'Origami: Book Two' by Florence Sakade, which was published by the Charles E Tuttle Company in Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo in 1958

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1959

This Chair appears in 'Origami: Book Three' by Florence Sakade, which was published by the Charles E Tuttle Company in Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo in 1959.

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1963

Several designs for tables and chairs appear in the second edition of 'Het Grote Vouwboek' by Aart van Breda, which was published by Uitgeverij van Breda in 1963.

Table

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Armchair

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Suite of Furniture

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Table

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Several designs for furniture appear in 'Folding Paper Toys' by Shari Lewis and Lillian Oppenheimer, which was first published by Stein and Day, Inc in the USA in 1963.

Bureau - made by pulling the seat of the Sofa upwards.

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Bed - A 3-part design derived from the House.

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Table - A 2-part design derived from the House.

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Piano Bench

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1965

The 1965 Rupert Annual contains instructions for folding 'Rupert's Paper Model of a Fireside Seat'. This design is otherwise unknown, and no attribution is given. It may therefore well be of Alfred Bestall's own invention.

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1966

The 1966 Rupert Annual contains instructions for folding 'Sara's Dolls-House Furniture', the basic design of which is credited to Sara Jackson as explained at the foot of the folding instructions:

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