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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>
==Stools and Benches==
===Wooden 3 legged stool ===
Some have D-shaped holes in the centre of the seat that would have served as handholds for lifting the stools (Winchester, Dublin).
*Lund, Sweden. Beech, L.17.5cm, 1000-1050AD [ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992: cat.79] *York cat.8946. Burrwood AD 930-975 [Morris MORRIS 2000]*York cat. 8947. Oak AD 975-1050 [Morris MORRIS 2000]*York cat. 8948. Oak mid C14th – late C15th [Morris MORRIS 2000]*Winchester AD 900-950 [Morris MORRIS 2000: p.2304]*Fishamble St. C11th [Morris MORRIS 2000: p.2304]
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===Wooden 4 legged stool===
*Hedeby, AD 850-1066 Oak, 29.6 x 20.6cm and 2.1cm thick. Leg holes are 2.6cm in diameter and the oak legs where wedged. The complete height was 19.5cm [WESTPHAL 2006: p.87]
*Dublin, [Morris MORRIS 2000: p.2304)]
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All of these benches have been interpreted as both seats and tables. Working marks in the wood
*Sala Hytta (although probably a low table)
*Oseberg c.AD 840 Oak, 92.5cm x 33cm. The legs are of a softer wood and are 28.5cm long.[GRIEG 1928 : p.167]
*Dublin
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*Dublin, Ireland. Cat. DW73.
*Dublin, Ireland. Cat. DW74.
*Hemsedal Church, Norway. L.130cm, AD 1200 (V2C [ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992: 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 ‘Box’ style chair===
A unique find from the Viking Age although there are other examples from the later Medieval Age.
*Oseberg, Norway. Beech, H.67cm, 800-850AD [ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992: cat.163]*Lewis Chessman, 8 kings (out of 8), 8 queens (out of 8), 7 Bishops (out of 16). Walrus ivory [ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992: cat.615] [ROBINSON 2004]
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===Throne===
These are the same as the wooden ‘box’ style chairs, except that they are more ornate with carved arms and backs.
*Hedeby Silver pendant [ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992: cat.187]
*Dublin DW12 – Chair terminal?
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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]
Earlier finds are from Oberflacht (AD C6th-C7th) and a boys grave in the Cologne Cathedral (AD 540) [WESTPHAL 2006].
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===Wooden 'simple' folding stool ===
Made from straight bits of wood. In Roman times they sat in them with the cross bar to the front and back [CROOM 20072000:p.102]
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*Frykat pendant
*Bjorko pendant
*Lund, Sweden. Ivory figure, C11th. (V2C [ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992: cat.602) ]
== References ==
{{Ref|Croom 20072000}}
{{Ref|Grieg 1928}}
{{Ref|Hirst 2004}}
{{Ref|Lang 1988}}
{{Ref|Morris 2000}}
{{Ref|Robinson 2004}}
{{Ref|Roesdahl & Wilson 1992}}
{{Ref|Westphal 2006}}
{{Ref|Szabo 1985}}
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