Wonderful, Scarce c. Earlier 1900s Accordian Fold Booklet of Hand-cut Jianzhi (Chinese Cut Paper Works), c. 46 Pages fine pinprick watercolor Lots of wear and some

Lots of wear and some corner creases

and also as a reminder to keep moving forward

but always find myself doing so in spring

the work of a young Peter Crouse (born 1816) of Oppenheim

but is carved with numbers that do not correspond to inches

Wonderful, Scarce c. Earlier 1900s Accordian Fold Booklet of Hand-cut Jianzhi (Chinese Cut Paper Works), c. 46 Pages fine pinprick watercolor Lots of wear and someFinding 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