My father one time, took a pie safe that was in very rough condition to get restored and the only thing really salvageable was the tin, so the carpenter made a safe and used the tin panels. It is my thought that the tins of this safe may have been used from an earlier one from the same family. The lines are off, some of the stars and flowers are on opposite sides on a few panels although they do not alternate uniformly and are not flipped, you see all raised design when are looking at the front.
It is rather interesting in design…with what I can see… The front, especially with the legs/feet, kind of looks as though it may have originated in or around Tennessee. I don't know enough to differentiate furnitures origin, but it is quite similar to some I have already seen that have come from Tennessee. It is interesting that the back legs/feet are different than the front…very well could just be to add appeal to the front. I can’t see them clearly enough…although it does look like similar design elements used in the three panels I can see, but the top and secon have a different layout, which is not totally uncommon and more akin to something that was made for use by the maker….experimenting…using something the family wanted or something mom liked and wasn’t too concerned about symmetry or mirroring images etc
You could be right about the panels…stamped tin usually found a way to be repurposed or reused… Its possible that the tin was done at different times or was an “as time allowed“ project for someone and thoughts and ideas tend to change or evolve as time goes on.
