Wonderful, Scarce c. Earlier 1900s Accordian Fold Booklet of Hand-cut Jianzhi (Chinese Cut Paper Works), c. 46 Pages carved wooden comb Both sound and stable

Both sound and stable

Box measures 4 3/4" x 1 7/8" x 7/8"

with the interior intended for (longer

A beautiful thing for hanging on the wall now

I personally think this Brontosaurus is the best of the lot

Wonderful, Scarce c. Earlier 1900s Accordian Fold Booklet of Hand-cut Jianzhi (Chinese Cut Paper Works), c. 46 Pages carved wooden comb Both sound and stableFinding this one in an unexpected corner of a shop in southern Maine last week made me very happy. It is a small in scale accordion fold book (like a mini Froebel kindergarten album in that regard and the papers used for the paper cuts here have the exact quality the papers used for early kindergarten paper cuts and paper weavings!) It features 46 page faces of original Chinese paper cuts, called Jianzhi an ancient Chinese art form, first executed in