looking for a low sofa example

furniture | Posted in John White on July 24, 2007 05:19am

good day, I’ve looked in several on line pages to find some examples of a low sitting bank or sofa completely made of wood. (to sit at a dinning table). the length should be about 55 to 60 inches with a height of 18,4 inch. could anyone give me a hint where to look? thanks

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JohnWW | Jul 24, 2007 11:11pm | #1
Take a look at benches made by the Shakers. Almost all of the communities used long benches in various styles for their dining rooms and community rooms.

A word of advice, benches don't work very well at dining tables, whenever anyone sitting on the bench gets up to leave the table, the other diners have to move and possibly get up also. Records from some of the Shaker communities show that they replaced the original bench seating in their dining rooms with individual chairs for this reason.

John White

furniture | Jul 24, 2007 11:36pm | #2
john, thanks for your quick and accurate reply. iIve seen already a dozen pairs of benches. just enough to build a better idea about designing one for a client. it's almost magic this kind of resources. hope to be of help some day. kind regards.