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NC Painted Octagonal Hat Box, poss. Swisegood

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North Carolina painted octagonal hat box with original red grain painting and white and yellow decoration. Lid is constructed of a piece of oak with poplar molding and poplar interior braces, and is decorated with a hex star design encompassed in a circle with foliage designs on the sides. The front and sides are constructed of a single piece of oak that has been slotted, bent, and nailed around a yellow pine base with exterior base molding. Case decoration features oval designs with free hand white and yellow dot and yellow quarter fans in the corners. 10" H x 18 1/2" W x 14 1/4" D. Mid 19th Century. Provenance: descended in a Shelby, North Carolina family. Construction techniques suggest possible attribution to the Swisegood School of Davidson County, North Carolina.

Overall excellent condition with some paint wear to the lid and corners of the body.

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