page_title: Monks bench
hierarchical_section_title: Monks bench
caption_attribution_description: English: Seventeenth-century oak monks bench (settle and table combined) In 1905 it belonged to the Rev. F. Meyrick-Jones. Dimensions: Length 54 inches, Height as table 29.5 inches, Width 28.75 inches.
context_page_description: 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. Percy Blandford notes that "whether monks ever used such a bench is debatable, but it is an attractive name".
  A monks bench was a very 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.
context_section_description: 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. Percy Blandford notes that "whether monks ever used such a bench is debatable, but it is an attractive name".
  A monks bench was a very 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.
caption: A monks bench from the 1600s
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