| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| Folded Paper Pyramids | |||||||
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page is being used to collect information about the
history of folded paper pyramids from regular starting
shapes, 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. Information about the construction of cut and fold pyramids by the cardboard modelling technique from irregular nets can be found here. ********** Three-sided Pyramids (including Tetrahedra) The Cube Corner Pyramid - 1890 onwards This page records information about uncut, cut, dimpled and multiply dimpled / pimpled versions of this design.
********** The Fold and Cut Tetrahedron - 1897 onwards
********** Four-sided Pyramids 1889 A method of constructing a Pyramid from a bird base (although the top point needs to be sewn together) appears in 'Jeux et Travaux Enfantins - Première partie: Le Monde en Papier' by Marie Koenig and Albert Durand, which was published by Librairie Classique A. Jeande in Paris in 1889.
********** 1890 'Exercises Methodiques de Travaux Manuels' by Jean Boogaerts, which was published in Belgium and France in 1890, contains diagrams for two irregular four-sided pyramids: The Trapezoidal Pyramid (Cut)
*** The Skew Four-Sided Pyramid (Cut)
********** The Simple Fold and Cut Pyramid - 1894 onwards
********** The Cut and Fold Skew Pyramid - 1897 onwards
********** 1904 A square based pyramid developed from the Newspaper Hat appears as 'Vierseitige Pyramide' (Four-sided Pyramid) 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.
********** 1929 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 'La Piramide'.
********** The Inflatable Pyramid - 1939 onwards
********** 1952 Another method of making an open-bottom pyramid appears in 'Una Hoja de Papel' by Lorenzo Herrero, which was published by Miguel A Salvatella in Barcelona in 1952.
********** Five-sided Pyramids 1890 'Exercises Methodiques de Travaux Manuels' by Jean Boogaerts, which was published in Belgium and France in 1890, contains diagrams for a cut five-sided pyramid developed from an octagon.
********** Six-Sided Pyramids 1890 'Exercises Methodiques de Travaux Manuels' by Jean Boogaerts, which was published in Belgium and France in 1890, contains diagrams for a cut six-sided pyramid developed from an octagon.
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