A late 16th/early 17th century walnut boarded bench, North European, probably French, circa 1600


Typically constructed of five boards, the seat with a central S-shaped aperture, and with an ogee-profiled apron to each long side, the shaped and gently splayed end-supports mortised into the seat, and with V-cutaway ends to form feet, 150cm wide x 33cm deep x 42cm high, (59in wide x 12 1/2in deep x 16 1/2in high)