# Bank

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1500
- Medium: wood (plant material), oak (wood)
- Classification: furniture
- Dimensions: height 82 cm x width 80.5 cm x depth 51 cm
- Credit line: Gift of A.P. Hermans-Smits, Eindhoven
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-NM-1971--114ef72781fadfca4ae7e50001e7f1e6)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/5c982d7672f3c9d8050bdff554db52f9.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.