A Very Interesting c.1890 Primitive Pine & Cast Iron Workbench from Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum, By Repute

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A Very Interesting c.1890 Primitive Pine & Cast Iron Workbench from Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum, By ReputeOrigin: 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

Of desirable proportions the West Country painted pine carcass

and the springing in sound order

These armorial bearings denote the marshalling of a marital coat showing on the dexter (the heraldic right on the left as you view the piece) the arms of the husband and on the sinister (the heraldic left on the right as you view it) the arms of the wife

A real statement piece

leaves us with a partial image of the head of Christ

the rest are independent subjects

Painted in oils on board

and verso having labels for Stewart & Co Picture frame maker and artists' colormen 55 Baker Street

The Great Western Railway

manuscripts

It was also renowned for its monumental fountains

or stones like these chairs

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