Beautiful Old Japanese Shoe Maker's Pattern/Template (Last One) persian and I'd think

and I'd think

but quite fine

with masking taped edges matching the darker edges of the drawing

The Letter R represents: Combativeness

6" tall x 5 3/8" x 5 3/4"

Beautiful Old Japanese Shoe Maker's Pattern/Template (Last One) persian and I'd thinkA 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