Pattern, Woodworking

Box form, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:
1950.2479.2
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Description

Carefully worked block of cherry cut to shape of half of a hexagon (2479.1 matches up to this to form full hexagon). Top and bottom faces are scribed with lines from center to points of hexagon. In addition, one face has a semicircle inscribed within the half hexagon. Sides are covered with heavy white paper glued to wood.

Notes

Possibly for a poplarware box.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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