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Oak Panelled Monks Bench with Barley Twist Supports Circa 1920
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Oak Panelled Monks Bench with Barley Twist Supports Circa 1920

1900 - 1920
Sold 10 May 2025 · Beresford Antiques LTD
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Description

Good quality monks bench with panels decorated with Jacobean style geometric motifs The arms are supported on barley twist supports Minor contraction cracks to the solid oak panels and marks to the polish commensurate with age

Height as a table 76 cm

H to seat 46 cm

Date of Manufacture

Beresford Antiques LTD has dated this Oak Monks Bench to the 1920s.

Physical Dimensions
Height
100cm (39.37")
Width
106cm (41.73")
Depth
51cm (20.08")
Reference Numbers
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SA1121056
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Description
Good quality monks bench with panels decorated with Jacobean style geometric motifs The arms are supported on barley twist supports Minor contraction cracks to the solid oak panels and marks to the polish commensurate with age

Height as a table 76 cm

H to seat 46 cm

Date of Manufacture

Beresford Antiques LTD has dated this Oak Monks Bench to the 1920s.

Height
100cm (39.37")
Width
106cm (41.73")
Depth
51cm (20.08")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1121056
Beresford Antiques LTD
Beresford Antiques LTD
Sellingantiques verified Since Jul 2012

Large antique furniture warehouse open to trade and public

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An antique dark oak panelled monks bench featuring geometric moulding on the backrest and front, with barley twist arm supports and a lift-top storage compartment. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO
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Archive I An antique dark oak panelled monks bench featuring geometric moulding on the backrest and front, with barley twist arm supports and a lift-top storage compartment. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

Oak Panelled Monks Bench with Barley Twist Supports Circa 1920

Archive II An antique dark oak panelled monks bench featuring geometric moulding on the backrest and front, with barley twist arm supports and a lift-top storage compartment. View II
Archive III An antique dark oak panelled monks bench featuring geometric moulding on the backrest and front, with barley twist arm supports and a lift-top storage compartment. View III
Archive IV An antique dark oak panelled monks bench featuring geometric moulding on the backrest and front, with barley twist arm supports and a lift-top storage compartment. View IV
Archive V An antique dark oak panelled monks bench featuring geometric moulding on the backrest and front, with barley twist arm supports and a lift-top storage compartment. View V
Archive VI An antique dark oak panelled monks bench featuring geometric moulding on the backrest and front, with barley twist arm supports and a lift-top storage compartment. View VI
Archive VII An antique dark oak panelled monks bench featuring geometric moulding on the backrest and front, with barley twist arm supports and a lift-top storage compartment. View VII
Archive VIII An antique dark oak panelled monks bench featuring geometric moulding on the backrest and front, with barley twist arm supports and a lift-top storage compartment. View VIII
Archive IX An antique dark oak panelled monks bench featuring geometric moulding on the backrest and front, with barley twist arm supports and a lift-top storage compartment. View IX
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Beresford Antiques LTD

Beresford Antiques LTD
Telephone 07778 898 062
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Unit 1
Cliffe Road
North Newbald
YO43 4SP
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/beresfordantiquesltd
Verified Since Jul 2012
Items For Sale 100
Items Sold 2,626
Beresford Antiques LTD
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An antique dark oak panelled monks bench featuring geometric moulding on the backrest and front, with barley twist arm supports and a lift-top storage compartment.
Oak panelled monks bench with barley twist supports circa 1920
Ref: SA1121056
An antique dark oak panelled monks bench featuring geometric moulding on the backrest and front, with barley twist arm supports and a lift-top storage compartment.
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Cataloguer’s note

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  • ObjectBenches & Settles
  • Period1900 - 1920
  • StyleJacobean Revival
  • MaterialOak
  • ColourDark Brown
  • MotifsBarley twist supports, Geometric fielded panelling, Hinged box seat, Pegged joinery
  • SizeH 100 cm (39 in) x W 106 cm (42 in) x D 51 cm (20 in)

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The monks bench style draws inspiration from early English vernacular furniture, notably 17th-century Jacobean and Renaissance designs, often revived during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

These pieces are traditionally crafted from solid European or English oak, featuring pegged mortise and tenon joints, fielded panels, and turned supports such as barley twists.

Authentication involves examining the timber grain, hand-cut joinery, type of fixings, and natural patina, noting that many surviving examples date from the late Victorian or Edwardian revival periods.

Such furniture functions well as a foundational anchor in a hallway or living space, contrasted against neutral walls or paired with modern textiles to soften the heavy timber.

Preservation requires maintaining stable indoor humidity levels, avoiding direct sunlight, and periodically applying a microcrystalline wax to nourish and protect the wood finish.
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