Embossed Antique Japanese Leather Paper (Kinkarakawakami) with Butterflies - 5 Pieces vintage setko puzzle Plum: 2 5/16" x 2

Plum: 2 5/16" x 2 1/8" x 2 1/8"

I believe these were made in expectation of woven rope seats being added

which it took me a long time to notice so I don't think significantly detracts

perhaps done at the same time by three different members of a family

I don't know much about this huge decorative stoneware plate

Embossed Antique Japanese Leather Paper (Kinkarakawakami) with Butterflies - 5 Pieces vintage setko puzzle Plum: 2 5/16" x 2This 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