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Beautiful Folk Art Cutting Paper Book, Small Scroll down for description and more pictures
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Stock #cutting2
$18.95
This is photo-album style book with a collection of folk art Yuxian papercuts. These are colorful, detailed, and very delicate tissue paper designs that are snowflake-thin. The cutting paper is HAND CUT and is an example of a long-held tradition of folk art. Each cutting paper design is behind a clear cellophane sheet for protection. There are 10 pages to turn with 10 different designs on each page. Flip the book over, and the pages fold out the other way as well, for an additional 10 cutting papers, same designs. So each design is repeated on the reverse side of the book, so you have two copies of each design.
This book has a beautiful blue silk cover with an Asian landscape design. This particular book depicts one of the four novel masterpieces developed during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is titled A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin. Also available in a larger size book.
Quantity is very limited on these vintage books. They are approx. 25-30 years old.
