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Sedan chairs

Scope note

Portable chairs borne on two long poles; generally with elaborate upholstery and decoration. For conveyances for one person consisting generally of canvas or similar material stretched or laid across a frame for transporting the sick, wounded, or dead use "stretchers (conveyances)." For more elaborate conveyances boxlike in form and often enclosed by curtains and carried on poles by people or animals use "litters."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300038220

Broader Terms used

<chairs by form>

Equivalent Terms used

sedan chair

Created

13yrs ago

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