Stools, Benches & Chairs
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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 1992: cat.561].
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Stools and Benches
These rudimentary seats would have been all that was available for most people in Regia’s period.
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 1992: cat.79]
- York cat.8946. Burrwood AD 930-975 [Morris 2000]
- York cat. 8947. Oak AD 975-1050 [Morris 2000]
- York cat. 8948. Oak mid C14th – late C15th [Morris 2000]
- Winchester AD 900-950 [Morris 2000: p.2304]
- Fishamble St. C11th [Morris 2000: p.2304]
Wooden 4 legged stool
- Hedeby [WESTPHALEN 2002]
- Dublin [Morris 2000: p.2304)]
Wooden 4 legged bench
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 [Shetelig 1928]
- Dublin
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