National Coach Museum

The Collection


Sedan Chair

Transport without wheels. Carried by 2 or 4 footmen, with the help of leather straps suspended from their shoulders, using two removable poles, fixed onto two lateral metal supports. It came from the church of Santos-o-Velho and displays the monogram D.A.B.

Sedan Chair
1
The prism shaped body has a semi circular base and is upholstered in black leather.
2
3 windows with red taffeta fringed curtains.
3
It has a decorated brass frame and a monogram on the side, which is also in brass.
4
The interior is lined in cream damask.

Some Facts

  • Century
  • 19th
  • Vehicle
  • transport
  • Work
  • Portuguese
  • Inv
  • V 0072
  • Dimensions
  • 158 x 94 x 76 cm

1 – The prism shaped body has a semi circular base and is upholstered in black leather.

2 – 3 windows with red taffeta fringed curtains.

3 – It has a decorated brass frame and a monogram on the side, which is also in brass.

4 – The interior is lined in cream damask.

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