Beautiful Old Japanese Shoe Maker's Pattern/Template (Last One) stone cut print 8" tall x 6 1/2"

8" tall x 6 1/2" wide (with dress spread flat)

with some wear especially on the snake end of the slide

it's in very good vintage condition

No way to loose track of one's spools or scissors with this guy around--though I think even if one hasn't sewed a stitch in one's life

complete with paper lanterns hanging from the awnings-- and it looks like the couple here are quite enjoying themselves

Beautiful Old Japanese Shoe Maker's Pattern/Template (Last One) stone cut print 8" tall x 6 1/2"A year or two ago I purchased a handful of Japanese cobbler's patterns from a dealer friend in Maine and have sold them over time; this one is the last. What I know is that they were brought back from Japan years ago, retrieved from the archive of a shoemaker's workshop long since closed. I don't know enough about shoe or boot construction to read this as a pattern, but believe the quilt like collaging of silver and gold paper and blue and white