When it arrived, its tuning pins were rusted and gouged from being turned with pliers, and its ugly orange varnish was cracked in some places and crusty in others from years of neglect.  I started by removing all hardware except the bridge pins and stripping and sanding the body. Once the wood was bare and ready to accept a finish, I applied the designs you see below.

I recreated the design as faithfully as possible in CorelDraw, sized it to fit the space under the strings on the 'harp, then printed a copy on tracing paper and transferred it to the stripped wood of the 'harp. I then painted the design by hand in traditional colors, using acrylic paints.
 

To complement the designs, hide the laminated pin block, and give the 'harp a more finished look, I used the same paints to add red faux binding with a narrow black border around the edge of the 'harp.