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2. Refectory table - Wikipedia

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   Refectory table. A refectory table is a highly elongated table [1] used originally for dining in monasteries during Medieval times. In the Late Middle Ages, the table gradually became a banqueting or feasting table in castles and other noble residences. The original table manufacture was by hand and created of oak or walnut; the design is based ...

3. Trestle table - Wikipedia

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   Trestle tables with free-standing trestles in the c.1955 microbiology lab of Joseph Lister. In woodworking, a trestle table is a table consisting of two or three trestle supports, often linked by a stretcher (longitudinal cross-member), over which a board or tabletop is placed. [1] In the Middle Ages, the trestle table was often little more ...

4. History of the chair - Wikipedia

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   History of the chair. Chairs are known to have existed since Ancient Egypt and have been widespread in the Western world from the Greeks and Romans onwards. They were in common use in China from the twelfth century, and were used by the Aztecs. Surviving examples of chairs from medieval Europe are often ornate works associated with royalty and ...

5. Sheldon Manor - Wikipedia

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   The Manor has collections of Nailsea glass, Persian saddlebags, porcelain and oak furniture, including an Elizabethan refectory table and chairs. [10] There are paintings by Tissot , David Teniers and Bassano , vases by William De Morgan and "an unusual collection of glass walking sticks."

6. Settle (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   The settle bed was a metamorphising piece of furniture, functioning as a seat during the day, and converting into a bed at night which first appeared in Ireland in the early 1600s. The hinged seat could be opened out onto the floor to create a bed. Settle beds were in regular use in Ireland into the 1950s, with some retained as beds for ...

7. The Last Supper (Ghirlandaio) - Wikipedia

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   The work is known for the various expressive facial reactions and bodily actions, like hand gestures of the different figures at the table. [2] The Ognissanti piece also is placed at the end architectural bay of the refectory rather than the middle. [2] The main table is U-shaped and is located on the entire east-side wall of the actually ...