Cupboard - Oak
Netherlands Renaissance - 17th century
Brabant five-door cupboard, also called a milk cupboard, but that's a romanticized term.
Authentic piece of furniture, found in both Belgian Brabant and Dutch North Brabant.
The proportions are also characteristic: wider than high.
Beautiful blond oak, quarter-sawn.
The door panels feature a beautiful division with inlaid borders.
This type of workmanship only emerged at the end of the 17th century.
Therefore, I date the cupboard to the late 17th or early 18th century.
320-350 years old and beautifully preserved.
The hinges have been replaced at some point - in the detailed photos, I have examples where you can still see the imprint of the original 17th-century hinges. Those black spots with the hole in the center were the shape of the wrought iron—it ran diagonally through the wood to emerge at the front.
There, they were visible as sturdy, short jaw hinges.
This method is only found in Brabantian cabinets.
I once owned another 16th-century Brabantian cabinet that still had these hinges.
Another interesting feature is that the hardware, including the lock plate and pear-shaped pull, is tin-plated. (Original)
These pear-shaped pulls are typical of early Dutch furniture.
Six small drawers were later added behind the top center door.
See detail photo.
