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Last updated 20/2/2024

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This page is being used to record those Fold and Cut Designs which hold together usimng a system of interlocking tabs and slits. 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.

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The Catherine of Cleves Box - 1440 onwards

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The Mailing Envelope - 1888 onwards

A design for a 'box' (which we would now call a mailing envelope) appears in the 'Teacher's Manual for Prang's Shorter Course in Form Study and Drawing', by John S Clark, Mary Dana Hicks and Walter S Perry, which was published by The Prang Educational Company in Boston, New York and Chicago in 1888.

This design also appears in:

'Part 1 for Prang's Complete Course in Form Study and Drawing Books I and II' by John S Clark, Mary Dana Hicks and Walter S Perry, which was published by the The Prang Educational Company in Boston, New York and Chicago in 1890

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'Teacher's Manual for the Prang Course in Drawing for Graded Schools, Books 1-6', by John S Clark, Mary Dana Hicks, Walter S Perry, which was published by the Prang Educational Company in Boston, New York and Chicago in 1897.

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1897

'Teacher's Manual for the Prang Course in Drawing for Graded Schools, Books 1-6', by John S Clark, Mary Dana Hicks, Walter S Perry, which was published by the Prang Educational Company in Boston, New York and Chicago in 1897, also contains a way of constructing a basket from two irregular tempates. The text also refers to a 'box with a separate cover' made in a similar way.

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The Tab and Slit Spill Holder - 1913 onwards

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Tab and Slit Paper Bands / Napkin Rings - 1913 onwards

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1913

A multiple piece tab and slit design for a Lampshade (6 pieces) and Pot Cover (4 pieces) appears in 'Trabajo Manual' by C Champy Alvear, which was published by Cabaut y Cia in Buenos Aires in 1913.

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1939

A 'Paper Box' folded from an irregular template and held together by tabs and pockets appears' in 'Fun with Paper' by Joseph Leeming, which was published by Spencer Press Inc in Chicago in 1939.

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