bench seats
Bench Seats. A long, narrow wooden form, used for sitting at table or as a verandah seat.
Until the late 17th century, most people sat on benches, chairs being the preserve of the rich or the elderly, and they continued to be used in farmhouses and schoolrooms until comparatively recent times.
Benches may be either simple timber slabs through which holes have been bored for the stick legs or take increasingly elaborate and professionally constructed shapes. The church pew, in fact, is only a highly developed type of bench with the addition of a back.
Until the late 17th century, most people sat on benches, chairs being the preserve of the rich or the elderly, and they continued to be used in farmhouses and schoolrooms until comparatively recent times.
Benches may be either simple timber slabs through which holes have been bored for the stick legs or take increasingly elaborate and professionally constructed shapes. The church pew, in fact, is only a highly developed type of bench with the addition of a back.
4 item(s) found:
A cedar bench Australian circa 1880 92 x 153 x 45 cm
Australian school a carved oak hall seat, the rectangular back with a central gum nut and leaf carved panel, flanked by scroll arms, above a lift top seat and a further three finely carved panels, bun feet, 106 x 99 x 36 cm.
Silky oak Tudor style hall seat with a lift up seat and a panelled back
Silky oak bench seat with a pierced back and a stretcher base