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A Very Interesting c.1890 Primitive Pine & Cast Iron Workbench from Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum, By Repute sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles There appears to be aOrigin: 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