Curtain Framed View of Mt. Fuji Sunrise, Beautiful 1906 Ink and Watercolor Postcard carpet bowling with birds on all sides

with birds on all sides

Some minor surface cracking to the leather (detail photos shot at 2-3x maginification) and two very small eye shaped holes in the outer layer of the leather (not going all the way through) near the heel which I believe likely once housed additional small bone inlays

these days

The seat of the chair opens up

in a subtle

Curtain Framed View of Mt. Fuji Sunrise, Beautiful 1906 Ink and Watercolor Postcard carpet bowling with birds on all sidesI purchased this one from a seller in Germany where the ink and watercolor postcard made its way from Tokyo nearly 120 years ago. I think it is just the loveliest thing, with these marvelously patterned curtains (and best of all that soft orange swag) framing a graceful view of Mt. Fuji, orange sun rising from behind it and casting the most subtle of rays. With a few tiny tiny sailboats dotting the pale blue water, too. 5 1 2" x 3 1 2 and in very good