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The Simple Fold and Cut Four-Pointed Star
 
This page is being used to collect information about the history of the paperfolding design I call The Simple Fold and Cut Four-Pointed Star. 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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1890

Diagrams for two variants of this design appear in 'Exercises Methodiques de Travaux Manuels' by Jean Boogaerts, which was published in Belgium and France in 1890.

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1897

As far as I know this design first appears in 'Pliage et Decoupage du Papier' by C Savineau, which was published by Librairie Hatchette et Cie in Paris in 1897.

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The same design appears:

1899

In an article in El Monitor 314 of 31st May 1899.

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1913

In 'Trabajo Manual' by C Champy Alvear, which was published by Cabaut y Cia in Buenos Aires in 1913.

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