How is my antique cupboard supposed to hang on the wall?

[BlueBrolly]

I bought an oak antique wall cupboard. It's very large, a metre wide & 1.5m high. It's got a heavily carved front with a garland of flowers hanging down from carved bows - so it has a definite 'right way up'. The bottom edge is carved in a semicircle, so it can't balance & lean against the wall. There are absolutely no fixings on the back. No holes, no metal plates, nothing. Just a flush plain back. How was it ever hung on the wall?

Could it be the top half of a larger bit of furniture? Hard to guess without seeing it!

I should add, the back is original, nothing's been added or taken away. The place I bought it from can't give me any information.

It's not the top half of anything because it has an integrated curved base.

A picture would help my DH knows a bit about antique furniture

No-nail?

Only joking.

would it have sat on brackets?

here

a hole has been cut in the centre but that was for the last owners cables

I think it would be too heavy to sit on brackets

that looks upside down....to me anyway

Got a photo of the back?

The one you linked to looks upside down to me.

@Everleigh2021

that looks upside down....to me anyway

Me too.

Does the curved end not go at the top?

To me it looks "right" with the curved bit at the top!

It’s upside down. I’ve never seen a Flemish cupboard with the fancy bits at the bottom!

If it was the other way up the flowers would be upside down.

what does the back look like? could it have cross-bars that would rest on a baton?

I'm struggling a bit with links, but whilst I try to get a pic of the front, whatever way it goes, there is no means to hang it. I'm at a loss to understand how it was done.

[[https://kernowfurniture.co.uk/products/antique-flemish-carved-oak-wall-cupboard-cabinet-dresser?_pos=1&_psq=flemish%20wall%20cupboard&_ss=e&_v=1.0
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If you look at the top of the fruit they hang from bows & the garlands hang down. There are no battens on the back secure enough to hold it's weight - only for construction

at the top and bottom flat hooks would be attached

That looks upside down to me!

seeing the carving in detail, I agree now with the vote for 'upsidedown'. the plants should be growing upwards.

www.loveantiques.com/items/listings/antique-flemish-carved-oak-wall-cupboard-LA219881 I've flipped the picture...the original looks upside down. Could it stand up on its own the other way up (like my picture)?

Could it possibly have been a removable fixture that slotted into a part of the wall? Perhaps a wall that would have had lots of wood paneling?