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The presence of sacral furniture in social life in Poland is a universal phenomenon, exerting influence on the development of material and spiritual culture. The paper attempts at identifying the most important ergonomic and socio-economic factors determining the functionality of wooden pews used in Poznań, the capital of the oldest Polish diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. Hence, statistical relations were sought between the structural features of pews and their age, and then, using comparative and descriptive analysis, factors describing their functionality were selected. The research was carried out in an interdisciplinary, international research team, combining the experience of forestry sciences in the field of wood sciences, as well as medical and economic sciences. In conclusion, economic and technological recommendations were formulated that could indicate the optimal directions for the development of a specific market for sacral furniture in Poland, whose dominant part is the production of pews.