Description

Tortoise shell motted brown and yellow coloration, reprinted in celadecor finish (compose of laminae mat cover on the inner body plates of the carapace of hawksbill turtle; used for making combs and ornamental material, inlaying, etc.).

This item is part of Museo de La Salle’s Santos Joven Panlilio collection which boasts of antique turn-of the-century furniture and decorative furnishings from the family’s ancestral home in Bacolor, Pampanga. Some pieces were collected through the years by art connoisseur, antique collector and interior designer Jose Ma. Ricardo Panlilio, the museum’s founding director.

Donation

Santos Joven Panlilio Collection