Supplicants in Blue Suits and Black Veils Before the Cross, Charming Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo antique cake cabinet but I think it may

but I think it may be my favorite--elegantly carved with eye-shaped openings on each side exposing a very round ball inside--and the very first grain-painted whimsy I have ever seen

I just liked the idea of a humble folk art train car with a humble name (rather than silver plate

All set against creamy white on a rough and knotty solid wood plank

in leather case with clasp

7 3/4" x 5 3/4" t

Supplicants in Blue Suits and Black Veils Before the Cross, Charming Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo antique cake cabinet but I think it mayI purchased this along with a second retablo also listed today, of somewhat different sorts, but both from the same collection and similarly (I would say perfectly in both cases) framed. Pretty fabulous faces on this group of supplicants mourners, all with the blacks of their big bright eyes cast heavenward. And those blue suits! And those men's haircuts too. I especially like the glimpses of brilliant orange peeking out beneath the women's black