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Monks bench
Multipurpose furniture piece From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A monks bench or hutch table is a piece of furniture where a tabletop is set onto a chest in such a way that when the table was not in use, the top pivots to a vertical position and becomes the back of a Settle, and this configuration allows easy access to the chest lid which forms the seat of the piece.[1][2][3]
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Percy Blandford notes that "whether monks ever used such a bench is debatable, but it is an attractive name".[4]
A monks bench was a useful form at a time when many homes had a large room used for multiple functions, because it allowed a large dining table to swing up and out of the way.[5]
- A monks bench configured as a table
- A monks bench configured as a settle
- A monks bench from the 1600s
- A similar chair-table from the 1600s
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