Sedan chair

M. Babey1698

Museum of Horsepower, Basel Historical Museum
Basel, Switzerland

This sedan chair is a dainty, lightweight construction. While some litters were made to be carried by mules, this one – for use by ladies and for short journeys only – would have been carried by two servants.

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Title: Sedan chair
Creator: M. Babey
Date Created: 1698
Location: Wild'sches Haus, Württembergerhof, Ernauerhof
Original Language: Deutsch
Publisher: Historisches Museum Basel
Rights: Geschenk

Museum of Horsepower, Basel Historical Museum

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