Thanks From Anacleto Perales, Hat in Hand: Well Weathered But Wonderful Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo modern home decor Useful for sign making still

Useful for sign making still (might require drawing an X through it after printing

Earlyish 20th century I would think

and then initialed (proudly

Houghton Marble (1867-1947)

This wonderful little wooden stool shows at least 150 years of love and several layers of paint below its current (perfect) orange

Thanks From Anacleto Perales, Hat in Hand: Well Weathered But Wonderful Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo modern home decor Useful for sign making stillSometimes things are better when they are pristine and sometimes they are better when they are beaten up, and this retablo on tin I think is all the more winning for having clearly lived a life as Anacieto Perales certainly did, in yellow pants here, hat in hand, giving his thanks to Santo Nio De Atocha. The block lettering filling nearly half the painting is excellent visually if hard to read as it fades away toward the left edge and bottom, but