Form (bench)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1620 - 1650
Materials
Oak
Measurements
29 x 437 cm
Place of origin
England
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Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1127981
Summary
An oak form, or bench, English, early to mid-17th century, the simple rectangular seat on three trestle-type supports, tenoned through the top, on sledge-type feet with slight arch to the underside and shaped toes.
Provenance
By descent until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959.