19th c. Mexican Retablo c.1880 Pillows MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Stained Pine

MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Stained Pine

CREATOR Robert Appleton Co

and American Lock Company

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The back and seat of these chairs are made of a single piece of molded fiberglass contoured to the shape of the human body

19th c. Mexican Retablo c.1880 Pillows MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Stained PineABOUT An original 19th century Mexican folk retablo. Oil paint on tin. Subject unknown. CREATOR Unknown. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c. 1880. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Oil Paint on Tin. CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use. DIMENSIONS H 14 in. W 10 in. HISTORY Retablos, better known as 'laminas' in Mexico, are small oil paintings on tin, wood and sometimes copper which were used in home altars to venerate the almost infinite number of Catholic