Mother and Sons: C. 1940s-50s Mexican Folk Art Fotoescultura cigar chest tampa fl These are French (and came

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

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

Certainly all sorts of things one might do with these pieces

some of them showing carved plugs

Mother and Sons: C. 1940s-50s Mexican Folk Art Fotoescultura cigar chest tampa fl These are French (and cameA 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