A settle is basically a long wooden bench with a back and arms. Sometimes the back is solid; sometimes the back pivots to allow the sitter to switch which side is the back.
For more illustrations and construction notes, see A Simple Bench/Chest Combination .
Bench with linenfold carving , 15th century (?)Banquet at the home of the father of Guidaban , Tristen de Leonois (BNF Fr. 101, fol. 77v), early 15th centuryOn anatomy , De proprietatibus rerum (BNF Fr. 9141, fol. 55), first quarter of the 15th centuryChristine in the "Salle de Fortune" with the wall-paintings , Livre de la mutation de Fortune (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. Gall. 11, fol. 57), 1410-1411On the marvels of the Orient , Le Livre des Merveilles (BNF Fr. 2810, fol. 146), c. 1410-1412Annunciation by Robert Campin, 1420sCenter panel of the Mérode Altarpiece by Robert Campin, c. 1427The Virgin and Child before a Firescreen by Robert Campin, 1430Right wing of the Werl Altarpiece by Robert Campin, 1438Center panel of the Annunciation Triptych by Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1440Aristotle teaches Alexander , History of Alexander (BNF Fr. 9342, fol. 7v), mid-15th centuryAssassination of Humphrey the Good , Chronicles of England (BNF Fr. 84, fol. 1), second half of the 15th centuryGeorge Chastelain with Margaret of Anjou , Le Temple de Bocace (British Library MS Harley 4402, fol. 25), 15th centurySettle from South Tyrol, 15th centuryCopyist , Vita Jesu Christi (BNF Fr. 181, fol. 1), second half of the 15th centuryWedding banquet in
Histoire d'Olivier de Castille et d'Artus d'Algarbe (BNF Fr. 12574, fol. 181v), 15th century (also here and here )Scribal apprenticeship , Facta et dicta memorabilia (BNF Fr. 287, fol. 1), second part of the 15th centuryFols 53r and 59r , Roman de Girart de Nevers
The copyist at work , Composition de la Sainte Escriture The Feast of the Passover from the Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament by Dieric Bouts the Elder, 1464-1467Wedding banquet in Histoire de Renaud de Montauban (BNF Arsenal 5073, fol. 148), c. 1468-1470Presentation scene , Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes maleureux (British Library Royal 14 E. V, fol. 5), c. 1470-1483A lutenist and viellist perform for a seated man , Biblia Pauperum (ÖNB 3085, fol. 39r), 1475The blinding and cure of Tobit , Bible Historiale of Edward IV (British Library Royal 15 D. I, fol. 18), c. 1479February in the Hours of Henry VII, late 15th centuryJanuary (?) in the Hours of Charles d'Angouleme (BNF Lat. 1173, fol. 1), late 15th centuryPresentation scene , Chroniques de France et d'Angleterre (British Library Royal 14 D. V, fol. 8), late 15th centuryJanuary (?) in a book of hours (BNF NAL 3116, fol. 1v), end of the 15th centuryJanuary (fol. 1), February (fol. 1v), The Feast of Dives (fol. 134v), and St. Mary Magdalene washing the feet of Christ (fol. 187v) in The Hours of Henry VIII (Morgan MS H.8), c. 1500Settle from Salzburg, c. 1500-1505Settle from Salzburg, c. 1500-1505The Wealthy Man by Jean Bourdichon, from Les Quatre États de la Société , c. 1500-1510Last Supper by Martin Schaffner, 1515July , a book of hours , 1522
