W PED

PRODUCE
WRAPPED GIFT
ITEMS
VERGIL A. MONTEMAYOR
1917

furoshiki bojagi Chih poh

Edo period (1603 to 1867)  Southern Song dynasty (960 to 1279)
Three Kingdoms period (57 B.C. to 668 A.D.).
AMERICA

20th century
JOYCE AND
ROLLIE HALL
FANCY FRENCH
PAPER
PHILIPPINES NATIVE
PHILIPPINES

Basket
Rattan
Buri hats
Native anahaw fans
Abaca bags
PHILIPPINES

“Pearl of the Orient

Seas”
GIFT CONTAINERS
Bayong bags made of buri,
coconut leaves and tampipi
(small rectangular buri box)
Native baskets, boxes made of
Philippine wood like narra and
bamboo, corrugated papers.
WRAPPING
Sinamay
Abaca
Raffia
RIBBONS AND BOWS
Abaca string
Shells
Dried flowers
Twigs Etc.
GIFT WRAPPING
An art which can be achieved
through careful choice of paper
and ribbon.
An art of packaging, wrapping
and decorating an item or article
to be given as a gift.
MARIAH CAREY

“all I want for

Christmas is you” 

underneath the Christmas tree

DR. HOWARD(1992)

"Gift wrapping, through repeated pairing

with joyous events in people's lives, has
utility in cuing [sic] a happy mood which, in
turn, positively biases attitudes.’’

Psychological study