Cupboard - Oak

Brabantine five-door cabinet, also known as a milk cabinet, but that is a romanticized term.

Authentic furniture, appeared in both Belgian Brabant and Dutch North Brabant.
A characteristic is also the proportions, wider than high.

Beautiful light oak that has been quarter-sawn.
In the panels of the doors we have a fine division with inlaid edges.
This treatment appeared only at the end of the 17th century.
Therefore I date the cabinet to the late 17th / early 18th century.
320 – 350 years old and beautifully preserved.

The hinges have been replaced at some point – in the detail 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 middle were the shape of the wrought iron – it ran diagonally through the wood to come out to the front on the outside.
They could be seen as sturdy short-jaw hinges.
This method is seen only on Brabant cabinets.
I once had another 16th-century Brabant cabinet where these hinges were still in place.

A nice feature is that the fittings with the lockplate and pear-shaped pull are gilded (original).
Those pear-shaped pulls are typical for early Dutch furniture.

Behind the door, in the middle-upper area, six small drawers were added later.
See the detail photo.

In the crown you can see drop-shaped cutouts – these are called 'knorren' and are typical of the Renaissance.
The top surface is still intact and has a beautiful patina.
You can admire it because the cabinet is 126 cm high.
Ideal for decorative objects.