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)

There is an obvious stain to the paper along the right side

and everything in between

with some wear especially on the snake end of the slide

it's in very good vintage condition

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