19th c. Mexican Retablo "Veronica's Veil" c.1880 Accent Chairs metal blades and decorative base

metal blades and decorative base

An original antique barber's shaving standing mirror with a japanned cast iron base and steel casters

original case and cover

Stunning leather bench with X base by T

MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Glazed Porcelain

19th c. Mexican Retablo "Veronica's Veil" c.1880 Accent Chairs metal blades and decorative baseABOUT An original 19th century Mexican folk retablo "Veronica's Veil" or "El Divono Rostro" in Spain . Oil paint on tin. The Veil of Veronica, known in Italian as the Volto Santo or Holy Face, is a Roman Catholic Relic which, according to legend, bears the likeness of the Face of Jesus that was imprinted on it prior to Jesus' crucifixion. According to Roman Catholicism, Saint Veronica encountered Jesus in Jeruselum on the way to Calvary. When she