Origami Parasol Made with Winston Cigarette Packs Andersen Design Studio with some loss of paint

with some loss of paint and assorted scuff marks

is in good used condition

though even in their day the company--owned by real estate magnates Herbert and Hartland Law-- seems to have been quite elusive about what their products did exactly

5 1/8" long x 3 7/8" deep x 2 1/4" tall

with the knife useful not just for opening letters but also for sharpening the pencil

Origami Parasol Made with Winston Cigarette Packs Andersen Design Studio with some loss of paintWhen I found this little parasol at a recent estate sale small but quite heavy for its size I added to my pile just because I liked it. Not until I got home did I give it a close look and realize that its canopy is made entirely of painstakingly folded Winton cigarette packs. With a little research I learned that these origami parasols were once a common craft among Japanese American women, who would save up cigarette packs and then complete them with