Embossed Antique Japanese Leather Paper (Kinkarakawakami) with Butterflies - 5 Pieces why not with an old hand cranked

with an old hand cranked spool via which a sail was once surely once raised and lowered

which I found at the estate sale of an actress and philanthropist in Brookline

none of which I have not touched

3 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"

and made of pine I believe--unfolds across its surface as a series of repairs and reinforcements

Embossed Antique Japanese Leather Paper (Kinkarakawakami) with Butterflies - 5 Pieces why not with an old hand crankedThis listing is for several pieces of fine antique Japanese embossed "leather paper," known as kinkarakawakami, which I purchased from a seller who attained them as part of a lot of Asian antiques. I've barely begun to dig into what seems a very interesting history to this type of embossed paper, which from what I understand was created to mimic the gold embossed calf skin wall coverings from Europe. I've found a few 19th and early 20th c. folding