Sedan chair

sedan chair or litter chair

The litter is a one of most common historical wheelless vehicles, basicaly it is type of human-powered transport, used for the transport of persons. Our model is example of european litter known mostly as sedan chair, personal vehical carried by two porters and forming fully closed cabin with doors, windows often covered by fabric curtains. Sedan Chairs was in Europe very popular mostly thanks the fact that streets if its cities was covered with mud, rubish and other mess. Wealthy citizen…

Ever wondered what it was like to travel in style during the time of Louis XIV? A fabulous new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Arras displaying carriages, sedan chairs, sleighs and art on loan from the Chateau de Versailles, will show you.

King & Country AE001 Pharaoh's Sedan Chair

The litter is a class of wheelless vehicles, a type of human-powered transport, for the transport of people. Smaller litters may take the form of open chairs or beds carried by two or more carriers, some being enclosed for protection from the elements. Larger litters, for example those of the Chinese emperors, may resemble small rooms upon a platform borne upon the shoulders of a dozen or more people. To most efficiently carry a litter, porters either place the carrying poles directly upon…

Ancient Roman Sedan Chair

Befriending a Chinese colleague closely has busted a lot of myths with which I grew, primarily them being reserved or unfriendly. Going though her wedding pictures ( which took place 27 years ago i…

A sedan chair or litter for the sultan to ride in, being carried by other men.

Would you really have wanted to walk around the streets of 18th century? They would have been dirty, smelly places and you could find yourself up to your ankles in the proverbial, probably not a pl…

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