Beautiful Old Japanese Shoe Maker's Pattern/Template (Last One) persian with masking taped edges matching

with masking taped edges matching the darker edges of the drawing

I might guess our young JH Adair knew the names of each of the Neiswanger's cows and horses

and was honored with a retrospective  at Winnipeg Art Gallery in 2002

but quite fine

Satisfying form

Beautiful Old Japanese Shoe Maker's Pattern/Template (Last One) persian with masking taped edges matchingA 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