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

At the age of 18

behind glass and in very good condition

and I'd think

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