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The Shelf
 
This page is being used to record information about the history of the paperfolding design known as The Shelf. 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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1932

As far as I know the Shelf first appears as 'L'Etagere' in Booklet 1 of 'Images a Plier', a series of 6 booklets published by Librairie Larousse in Paris in 1932.

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The design also appears:

1939

As 'Repisa o rinconera' in 'Trabajo Manual Educativo' by Araminta V Aramburu, which was published by F Crespillo in Buenos Aires in 1939.

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As 'Repisa y Esquinera' (Shelf and Corner) in 'Plegado' by Rufino Yapur, which was published by Editores Independencia in Buenos Aires in 1939.

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As 'La repisa para juguetes' (The shelf for toys) 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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1940

As 'Repisa de Dos Mensulas' (Two Bracket Shelf) in 'El Plegado y Cartonaje en la Escuela Primaria' by Antonio M Luchia and Corina Luciani de Luchia, which was published by Editorial Kapelusz in Buenos Aires in 1940.

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1951

As 'Repisa Rinconera' in Plegado laminas published by Della Penna, April 1951.

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