| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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page is being used to collect information about the
history of paper tools and other items of household
equipment. 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. ********** 1863 A design called 'De theebus' (the tea caddy) appears in 'De Kleine Papierwerkers 1: Wat men van een stukje papier al maken kan: Het vouwen' (The Small Paperwork 1: What one can make from a piece of paper: Folding) by Elise Van Calcar, which was published by K H Schadd in Amsterdam in 1863.
********** The Shovel - 1873 onwards
********** The Winnowing Box - 1878 onwards
********** 1882 A design for a Hammer appears in 'The Kindergarten Guide' by Maria Kraus Boelte and John Kraus, which was first published in single volume form by E. Steiger and Company in New York in 1882.
********** 1893 This simple Dustpan (Chiritori) - which has no handle - appears in 1893 in volume 5 issue 17 of 'Shokokumin' children's magazine.
********** 1895 Another design for a hammer, or perhaps the same one, appears in Eleonore Heerwart's 'Course in Paperfolding', which was first published in Dutch in 1895 then in English by Charles and Dible in London and Glasgow in 1896.
********** 1898 'Travaux Recreatifs Pour les Enfants de 4 a 10 Ans' by Marie Koenig, which was published by Librairie Hachette et Cie in Paris in 1898 contains two pages illustrating paperfolds of household items made from rolled and twisted paper. Goblets The text says that 'The glasses are made by moulding cones with the fingers'
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********** 1900 Another shovel-like design appears in 'Die Frobelschen Beschaftigungen: Das Falten' by Marie Muller-Wunderlich was published by Friedrich Brandstetter in Leipzig in 1900.
********** The Dustpan - c1900 onwards
********** 1905 An illustration of a goblet, a pipe, a mug and a spoon made from rolled and twisted paper, appears in the Buenos Aires edition of the magazine 'Caras y Caretas', Issue 238, of 25th March 1905
********** 1914 'Zhe zhi tu shuo' (Illustrated Paperfolding), compiled by Gui Shaolie, which was published by the Commercial Press in Shanghai in Ming guo 3 (1914) contains diagrams for a Bowl and a Coffee Mug.
********** 1917 Designs for four household tools appear in 'Xu Zhe zhi tu shuo' (More Illustrated Paperfolding) by Yongxiang Shi, which was published by the Commercial Press in Shanghai in 1917. Bucket
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********** Dustpan
********** Short-handled Dustpan Developed from the Junk Box
********** The same book contains a design for a 'Soup Spoon'.
********** 1951 The extended version of 'El Mundo de Papel' by Dr Nemesio Montero, which was published by G Miranda in Edicions Infancia in Valladolid in 1951, contains designs for a kind of shovel, El Cogedor (The Catcher), La Escoba (The Broom), La Plancha (The Iron), the latter being a development of the Junk Box, and La Cafetera (The Coffeemaker).
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