Mother and Sons: C. 1940s-50s Mexican Folk Art Fotoescultura cigar chest tampa fl All the better that handwritten

All the better that handwritten right upon it is the history of its making: “Made from 1 piece red elm 1942 by Corina Layson”

In 1917 they created The Village Store and Tea Room in New York City

These are French (and came straight from a seller in France) with the Jack of Clubs featuring the Gatteaux mark on shield

some of them showing carved plugs

Just a charmer

Mother and Sons: C. 1940s-50s Mexican Folk Art Fotoescultura cigar chest tampa fl All the better that handwrittenA second fotoescultura today, from the same collection as the wedding couple I listed last week, which since found a new home in a great collection and since motherhood is a theme running through several listings today, it seemed right to share this one now. From the website of the Met Museum: "Fotoescultura is a Mexican folk art form that flourished from the late 1920s through the early 1980s. Often commissioned by traveling salesmen to honor