A Very Interesting c.1890 Primitive Pine & Cast Iron Workbench from Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum, By Repute sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Aside from being superbly decorative

Aside from being superbly decorative

The ecclesiastical inspired armchair or desk chair having an arched back surmounted by a carved lion

are highly symbolic as the instruments

Of a most pleasing colour and shape to thine eye

A Very Interesting c.1890 Primitive Pine & Cast Iron Workbench from Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum, By Repute sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Aside from being superbly decorativeOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Lancaster Moor Hospital, formerly the Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum and Lanaster County Mental Hospital, by repute Date: c. 1870 1900 Width: 37 Height: 21 Depth: 19. 75 (all at extremities) The unusual, and unique, workbench table constructed primitively and primarily in pine, for the cutting of leather or raw fibres, the construction similar to that of a cobblers bench with galleried cutting