The Public Paperfolding History Project

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Last updated 25/3/2025

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Fold and Cut Paper Snowflakes
 
This page is being used to collect information about the history of Paper Snowflakes, which I define as designs cut or torn from squares that possess sixfold rotational symmetry.

There is a separate page about Paper Doilies (ie a similar class of design, but possessing eightfold symmetry).

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1936

A fold and cut / tear design with sixfold symmetry appears under the title of 'Paper Cutting' in 'More Things Any Boy Can Make' by Joseph Leeming, which was published by D Appleton-Century Company in New York and London in 1936.

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1950

A design for six-fold symmetry 'Snowflakes' appears in 'Holiday Craft and Fun' by Joseph Leeming, which was published by J B Lipincott Company in Philadelphia and New York in 1950.

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