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

and size and placement of the dots

which is a little larger than they need but suits them very well

but always find myself doing so in spring

Brown a month or so ago

color is bright and strong

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