Beautiful Old Japanese Shoe Maker's Pattern/Template (Last One) Indonesian hide fan a few of them—including this

a few of them—including this one—double-sided and fantastic on both sides

and light crazing

I found it in Maine but might guess it originated in or near Buffalo

Hine to Charity and her brother--and quite a wonderful thing to have made at the age of 82

I've kept an eye for others--this is not that

Beautiful Old Japanese Shoe Maker's Pattern/Template (Last One) Indonesian hide fan a few of them—including thisA 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