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The McLoughlin folding dollhouse of 1894 illustrates the important principles characterizing toy manufacturing in the forthcoming 20th century, namely, factory production, appeal to the middle class, and ease of shipping; in this case, the four hinged rooms and corresponding floors could be collapsed to fit flat into a box only 13 by 13 by 1 inches. The materials were light-weight: colored lithography on paper glued to cardboard hinged by red cloth. Located in New York City, the company manufactured toys from the late 1850s and dollhouses from 1875 into the early 20th century. The folding rooms, which were set up on a table and allowed a number of children to deal each with his or her own room, date from 1894. Children of the day no doubt appreciated the realism and high quality of workmanship in the wall and floor finishes factors which also attract today's adult collector. Floor coverings are not wanted because the original floors are brilliantly designed and colored to represent rugs, carpets, parquetry and tiles. In fact the impression is of vivid rich colors contradicting the stereotype of the "brown" decades of the late 19th century. The notion of three-dimensional objects portrayed on a flat surface will continue throughout the 20th century,for example in the steel suburban dollhouses of the 1950s.

http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1890s.htm#1890s

Flat Packed HouseOrigination of the Paper Doll House

Kirigami (切り紙?) is a variation of origami that includes cutting of the paper (from Japanese "kiru" = to cut, "kami" = paper). It is also called "Kirie" (切り絵). From "Kiru"= to cut, "e"= picture. Typically, kirigami starts with a folded base, which is then cut; cuts are then opened and flattened to make the finished kirigami. Kirigami are usually symmetrical, such as snowflakes, pentagrams, or orchid blossoms. A difference between kirigami and the art of 'pop up' is that kirigami is made out of a single piece of paper that has been cut into a design. Pop ups can be made of several pieces glued together. Mon-Kiri is the Japanese art of paper cutting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirigami

KirigamiThe art of paper folding

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