Scandinavian Amoire?

Hello all, New here. I recently bought this amoire at an estate sale and am curious about its origins. (I do have more pictures I can post now that it's stripped of paint) I want to replace its hardware but would like to get as close to the original as possible. Any opinions on its age and where it's from would be great. It has had pieces added I believe.

Thanks

Asher

 

Hello and welcome to the board. Many people use cell phones, so if you click full image you will get this, which is easier for many to see.

 

Maybe if you post a picture of the item without paint it might help with the type of wood. From the style I would have thought a walnut or something dark. Yet the back of the open door looks like a light colored wood like pine.

Curious why you think Scandinavian? Are you in the US or elsewhere?

Be sure to check back tomorrow when others have had a chance to take a look.

 

It looks like it has a dutch influence to me. It is pine and looks like it would have simple turned wooden knob handles. If you look closely around where the handles would have been you will be able to see an imprint in the wood of where a back plate would have been if the handles had been of a metal type.

 

I think it looks like a Dutch (at least influence) linen press. We had one, slightly larger, but somewhat earlier (circa 17th Century) in age judging by the decoration.

Edited: I just recalled that my grandmother called ours a "kaas"............but that does not seem to translate properly, so..................it was brought from Holland to New Amsterdam way back when....and we could never "get rid of it" because of its size. Even museums didn't want it. For many years we used it as a broom closet (sans shelves) in the scullery.

 

Thank you all for the replies. I was thinking Dutch or possibly German. I'm in the US but I'm British so it was familiar to me as European but not English. I'll add the other pictures. The armoire was stripped once before and then painted white so whoever did that took off the hardware and never put it back on, the piece was originally dark green in most places from what I can tell.

 

It may not have had anything more than escutcheons on top. You used the key to open it. For the drawers, I can't tell if they have locks or not. If so, some kind of combination escutcheon with bail.

 

The very top looks to have been replaced and there are two thin beaded decoration added. The drawers have full mortise locks. I can't seem to add anymore photos.

 

In Dutch this kind of armoire is called 'toogkast', toog means arch, kast is used for any kind of armoire, wardrobe, closet, etc.
Do you have a picture of any trace of the dark green paint? If it is Dutch that could be an indication of the part of The Netherlands it is from.

 

Thank you AJ for clarifying my memory..............Gram has been dead for over half a century and the "monster" has been gone longer than that, so my memory was cloudy........clouded.............occluded............intruded..............and thus colluded..............

 

This is the best area of residual green..

 

The door area-

 

Thanks for letting me know the Dutch name. Here is one of the draws and the top centre of the piece-

 

Just seeing this! That is very interesting thank you. My wardrobe is VERY heavy even though it's relatively small. What happened to yours?

 

It eventually found it's way into a museum. If I remember correctly, we had to PAY them to take it, in addition to the cartage............remember, this was back in the 1950s, so things have changed.............

 

It could be from Hindeloopen in the north of the Netherlands. Couldn't find an armoire, but here is a new cabinet:

https://roosjehindeloopen.com/rh-collectie/

Could also be the Zaan region, not far from Amsterdam. They use a lot of that green. Here is one that ended up in the US, not sure about the colours on this one though:

http://rhbantiques.com/furniture.html

 

Thank you, that's very interesting! I need to find a source for Dutch antique hardware now..