19th c. Mexican Retablo c.1880 Pillows x Diameter 18 in

x Diameter 18 in

CREATOR Robert Appleton Co

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MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Stained Pine

19th c. Mexican Retablo c.1880 Pillows x Diameter 18 inABOUT 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