| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| The Framed Cross | |||||||
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page is being used to collect information about the
history of the paperfolding design I call The Framed
Cross. 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. The Framed Cross is a Froebelian Form of Beauty developed from the first groundform. ********** Earlier instances of this design may well exist in the literature The design also appears: 1887 As 'Rosace' in 'Le Travail Manuel a L'ecole Primaire' by M. Coste et J. Lapassade, which was published by Lafon, Vve Ribaut et Tonnet in Pau and A Jeande in Paris in 1887. Note that in this design two sheets of paper are folded together to create a colour-change
********** 1893 As 'Croix encadree' in an article by J Marteau in Manuel General de L'Instruction Primaire of 16th December 1893.
********** 1897 As 'Croix encadrée' in 'Pliage et Decoupage du Papier' by C Savineau, which was published by Librairie Hatchette et Cie in Paris in 1897.
********** 1899 In an article in El Monitor 316 of 31st July 1899.
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