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A monks bench or hutch table is a piece of furniture where a tabletop is set onto a chest in such a way that when the table was not in use, the top pivots to a vertical position and becomes the back of a Settle, and this configuration allows easy access to the chest lid which forms the seat of the piece.[1]{{sfn|Pearson|1985|p=39}}{{sfn|Carney|1950|p=97}} Percy Blandford notes that "whether monks ever used such a bench is debatable, but it is an attractive name".{{sfn|Blandford|p=132}} A monks bench was a very useful form at a time when many homes had a large room used for multiple functions, because it allowed a large dining table to swing up and out of the way.{{sfn|Strickland|1953|p=165}} Notes1. ^monks bench (British English) or hutch table (American English)
References- {{cite book|ref=harv |last=Blandford |first=Percy W. |year=1982 |title=Constructing tables and chairs— with 55 projects |edition=illustrated |publisher=Tab Books |isbn=978-0-8306-1424-0 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=kathT8_DEMjI8gPo47yRCA&id=PGg_PV4RDqMC&dq=Monks%2Bbench&q=%22This%2Bis%2Ba%2Bpiece%2Bof%2Bcombination%2Bfurniture%22&redir_esc=y#search_anchor 132]}}
- {{cite book|ref=harv |last=Carney |first=Clive |year=1950 |title=Furnishing art and practice |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=9FE_AAAAYAAJ&q=%22Monks+bench%22&dq=%22Monks+bench%22&hl=en&ei=3dfQS6OcGYuK6gPHl7WHDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBA# 97]}}
- {{cite book|ref=harv |last=Pearson |first=Lu Emily Hess |origyear=1957 |year=1985 |title=Elizabethans at Home |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-0-8047-0494-6 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=9-SeAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q&f=false 39]}}
- {{cite journal|ref=harv |last=Strickland |first=Calton |date=March 1953 |title=The Early American Hutch Table |journal=Popular Mechanics |volume=99 |number=3 |issn=0032-4558|publisher=Hearst Magazines |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=t9wDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA165#v=onepage&q&f=false 165]–167}}
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