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- Woman sitting on a bench by Gentile da Fabriano, c. 1375-1400
- Gawain and the hermit (fol. 17), Lancelot and the hermit (fol. 19), Percival and the queen of the Waste Land (fol. 21v), Lancelot and the recluse (fol. 33v), Combat between Tristan and a knight (fol. 85v), a book of Arthurian legends (BNF Fr. 343), c. 1380-1385
- Annunciation by Giovanni di Paolo
- Last Supper by the Master of the Housebook
- Forese da Rabatta and Giotto, The Decameron (BNF Fr. 239, fol. 174v), second quarter of the 15th century
- Fol. 304r in The Decameron (BNF Arsenal 5070), 1432
- Annunciation by Jan van Eyck, c. 1435
Benches, stoles, formes, and all manere stoles were i-do þennes … þat men schulde stonde and nou3t sitte forto see pleies and merþe. Higden's Polychronicon - Banquet at the house of William III of Holland, Beke's Chronographia (BNF Fr. 9002, fol. 148v), mid-15th century
- Alexander dictates letters, History of Alexander (BNF Fr. 9342, fol. 201v), mid-15th century
- Twelve Scenes from the Life of Christ: Last Supper, c. 1450-1460
- Banquet at the house of Sardanapalus, De casibus (BNF Fr. 233, fol. 46v), third quarter of the 15th century
- The death of Clitus, History of Alexander the Great (BNF Fr. 20311, fol. 214v), third quarter of the 15th century
- Banquet at the house of Bessos, History of Alexander the Great (BNF Fr. 49, fol. 9), second half of the 15th century
- Miracle of the fish of St. Honorat (fol. 10) and Jean Mansel (fol. 136), Fleur des histoires (BNF Fr. 58), second half of the 15th century
- Institution of the Eucharist (fol. 43v) and Pentecost (fol. 64), Fleur des histoires (BNF Fr. 56), second half of the 15th century
- Assembly of Reims, Chronicles of England (BNF Fr. 81, fol. 203), second half of the 15th century
- Copyist, Vita Jesu Christi (BNF Fr. 181, fol. 1), second half of the 15th century
- Cato of Utica and his brothers, The so-called Chronicle of Badouin of Avesnes (BNF Fr. 279, fol. 127), second half of the 15th century
- Birth of the Virgin, Fleur des histoires (BNF Fr. 297, fol. 1), second half of the 15th century
- Leisures, Facta et dicta memorabilia (BNF Fr. 289, fol. 318), second half of the 15th century
- Allegory of Accomplishment, Twelve Dames of Rhetoric (BNF Fr. 1174, fol. 32v), second half of the 15th century
- Left panel of the St. John Altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, 1455-1460
- The Lover and Frankness, Le Roman de la Rose (Douce 364, fol. 11v), c. 1460-1470
- Last Supper (detail) from the Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament by Dieric Bouts the Elder, 1464-1467
- Last Supper by Jaume Huguet, c. 1470
- The Last Supper from the altarpiece of St. Martin at Spisska Kaptiula, Slovakia, c. 1470-1478
- Jason and Hercules dining with Aeetes, Roman de Thès (PML G.23, fol. 48r), 1474
- The Temperate and the Intemperate, The Memorable Deeds and Sayings of the Romans, c. 1475-1480
- Cifar observes the enemy camp (fol. 19) and
Cifar counsels his children (fol. 96v),
The Knight Cifar (BNF Esp. 36), fourth quarter of the 15th century
- Jean Trousseau writing, De quattuor virtutibus cardinalibus (BNF Fr. 190, fol. 183), fourth quarter of the 15th century
- Philosophers discussing, Moralities of Philosophy (BNF Fr. 190, fol. 207), fourth quarter of the 15th century
- Arthur and the messenger of Guiron, Guiron le Courtois (BNF Fr. 363, fol. 1), fourth quarter of the 15th century
- Treason of the seneschal of Benoic, Lancelot du Lac (BNF Fr. 111, fol. 2), c. 1480
- Europe, Secrets de l'histoire naturelle (BNF Fr. 22971, fol. 23v), c. 1480-1485
- Martha reproaches Mary, Golden Legend (BNF Fr. 245, fol. 12v), c. 1480-1490
- Zeuxis painting nude models, Roman de la Rose (British Library Harley 4425, fol. 142), c. 1490-1500
- Évrard de Conty and the chess-players (fol. 1) and an allegory of Nature and lovers (fol. 23), Échecs amoureaux (BNF Fr. 143), c. 1496-1498
- Thais encourages Alexander to burn Perseopolis (BNF Fr. 709, fol. 35), a banquet at the house of Alexander (BNF Fr. 711, fol. 23), Alexander poisoned (BNF Fr. 711, fol. 34v), Enbalming of Alexander's body (BNF Fr. 711, fol. 41v), History of Alexander the Great, 15th-16th century
- Penelope, Laertes, and Telemachus, Ovid's Heroides (BNF Fr. 874), beginning of the 16th century
- Detail from The Supper at Emmaus by Juan de Flandes, c. 1510
- February, a book of hours (PML M.250, fol. 2r), c. 1510
- A woman sitting on a bench by Albrecht Dürer, 1514
- Nicolas Boulengier, Chants Royaux du Puy Notre-Dame d'Amiens (BNF Fr. 145, fol. 39v), 1518
- Madonna with Child on a Bench by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1519
- The Last Supper by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1527
- Long bench, made in England c. 1620
- 17th century English joined stools at the V&A: W.46-1946, W.9-1922, and W.34-1937
FOLDING STOOLS (See also several related styles of chairs, especially the “Savonarola” chairs)
- The folding-stool of the Prittlewell Prince, 7th century
- Folding-stool from Vienna, c. 1200-1250 (additional information)
- A meal in Histoire de Renaud de Montauban (BNF Arsenal 5072 Res.), 15th century
- Doctors and patients, De proprietatibus rerum (BNF Fr. 22531, fol. 115), first quarter of the 15th century
- On the marvels of the Orient (fol. 146), Le Livre des Merveilles (BNF Fr. 2810), c. 1410-1412
- Thamrys in a 15th century illustration from De mulieribus claris
- Miracle of Our Lady: The monk and the devil, Speculum historiale (BNF Fr. 50), 1463
- A couple, Facta et dicta memorabilia (BNF Fr. 282, fol. 173), 15th century
- Roboan and the Count of Turbia, The Knight Cifar (BNF Esp. 36, fol. 163), fourth quarter of the 15th century
- The Last Supper from the altarpiece of St. Martin at Spisska Kaptiula, Slovakia, c. 1470-1478
- Retable of the Virgin of Montserrat by Bartolomé Bermejo, c. 1485
- Last Supper by Martin Schaffner, 1515
- Iron folding-stool, second half of the 16th century
- Faldestorium (folding-stool) in partially-gilt walnut, c. 1600
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