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2. Settle (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Similar to the settle bed, the settle table (or monk's bench) was a configuration of settle bed which allowed for a hinged back to be tipped 90 degrees for form a table. Settle tables were most common in Ireland in counties Wexford, Kilkenny and Waterford. Examples of settle tables can also be found in England and Wales. [2]

3. Bench (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   A storage bench is a combination of sitting space and a storage box, often used for keeping gardening supplies or grill equipment. A form is a backless bench that was used for seating in dining rooms, school rooms and law courts — can be leather or upholstered fabric with or without a back rest. Wooden benches in early railway passenger cars

4. Chest (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   A chest (also called a coffer or kist) is a type of furniture typically having a rectangular structure with four walls and a removable or hinged lid, primarily used for storage, usually of personal items. The interior space may be subdivided into compartments or sections to organize its contents more effectively.

5. Tansu - Wikipedia

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   Edo-period ryobiraki chest on chest were used by merchant class women for personal clothing storage. Tansu are traditional Japanese mobile storage cabinets. Tansu are commonly used for the storage of clothing, particularly kimono. Tansu were first recorded in the Genroku era (1688–1704) of the Edo period (1603–1867).

6. Monks bench - Wikipedia

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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]

7. Hope chest - Wikipedia

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   Girl inspecting her hope chest, by Poul Friis Nybo, c. 1900 Renaissance hope chest from Florence (15th century) A hope chest , also called dowry chest , cedar chest , trousseau chest , or glory box, is a piece of furniture once commonly used by unmarried young women to collect items, such as clothing and household linen, in anticipation of ...