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Bank
Also titled Settle
c. 1500
- Medium
- wood (plant material), oak (wood)
- Classification
- furniture
- Dimensions
- height 82 cm x width 80.5 cm x depth 51 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of A.P. Hermans-Smits, Eindhoven
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
By shifting the back, you could use both sides of this settle. Sitting before a fire, you could alternate positions to keep your whole body warm. Under the seat is a storage space for keeping valuables safe. Settles such as these would have stood in the houses of ordinary citizens. They are the forerunners of separate chests, chairs and settees.
