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Last updated 4/12/2023

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This page attempts to record what is known about the origin and history of the origami design I call the Paper Spring. 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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1911

'Häusliche Kleinkunst und Bastelarbeit in Wort und Bild' by Hermann Pfeiffer, which was published by Verlag von Hermann Zieger in Leipzig in 1911.

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1923

As 'The Jumping Spiral' in 'Falten und Formen mit Papier' by Richard Rothe which was published by Deutscher Verlag für Jugend und Volk in Vienna and Leipzig in 1923.

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1939

The design also appears in 'El Mundo de Papel' by Dr Nemesio Montero, which was published by G Miranda in Edicions Infancia in Valladolid in 1939.

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