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/* Wooden ‘backed’ chair */
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Luxury chairs were signs of wealth and status. For most normal people seating consisted of sitting on the ground, on raised earth benches or small stools [ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992: cat.561]. <br>
*Dublin, Ireland. Cat. DW73.
*Dublin, Ireland. Cat. DW74.
*Hemsedal Church, Norway. L.130cm, AD 1200 [ROESDAHL & WILSON1992: cat.459]*Elisenhof, Germany (8th-11th C). The side of a bench. Made of one piece of wood, 16.2cm high, 21.0cm wide, 3.0cm thick. Two legs are cut out with a gap of 8.5cm. An gap for a dovetail joint with the seat is 8.7-10.7cm wide. The seat would have been 1.5-2.0cm thick and was secured with two wood nails, one from the bottom and one from the top. [SZABO 1985:p. 120, Taf 29] <br>A similar bench was also found in the Migration period Cemetary of Oberlfacht, Germany. [SZABO 1985: p. 121]
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===Wooden ‘backed’ chair===
This is from a unique C11th find in southern Sweden. Chairs like this can only be used after 980AD and may only be used by members portraying RICH characters.
*Lund, Sweden 1000-1050AD [ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992: cat.561]
*Tyldal church, Norway 1150-1200AD [ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992: cat.457]
{{Ref|Roesdahl & Wilson 1992}}
{{Ref|Westphal 2006}}
{{Ref|Szabo 1985}}
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