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Bideford, Devon.\r\n\r\nSee RP 23/2227\r\nThis is an example of a form with panelled back but without arms which would make it a settle (compare the extant settle in the abbot's house at Muchelney, Somerset). Macquoid and Edwards suggest that such an article would have been intended for rooms without fitted wall panelling","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Back of a wall bench or fixed settle, composed of seven linenfold panels.  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