Design for a Sedan Chair, Brush and various water colors, pen and Chinese ink, black chalk on paper, Shown from the rear right corner with open door. On top of the roof sits the Dionysus boy upon a scroll. He has a staff with vine in his left arm and with his right hand raises the garlands which decorate the roof. Corn cobs stand at the corners from which tassels hang. A scroll rises from the lower right to the upper left superimposed garland. The upper panel of the back shows above a festoon and an intertwined garland hanging from a disk. Below, the upper sides of a triangle form garlands. In it hangs a lozenge from a bow knot parted per pale, baron, and femme, two coats. First, a chevron between ?; second a bar between three roundels, 2, 1. The lower panels show above festoons from which garlands hang down in the lateral ones. In the panel below the window the garland supports an ovoid wreath framing a medallion. A disk and a calyx motif are shown in it. The bar is decorated with two intertwined garlands. The mountings are shown at left and at right at the back bar. The signature, beside at left, and two figures, probably 75 in the corner of the front foot have been erased., London, England, 1770–75, furniture, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Sedan Chair, Brush, various water colors, pen, Chinese ink, black chalk, paper, Shown, rear right corner, open door, top, roof sits, Dionysus boy upon, scroll, staff, vine, left arm, right hand raises, garlands, decorate, roof, Corn cobs stand, corners, tassels hang, scroll rises, lower right, upper left superimposed garland, upper panel, back, festoon, intertwined garland hanging, disk, upper sides, triangle form garlands, hangs, lozenge, bow knot parted, pale, baron, femme, two coats, First, chevron, second, bar, three roundels, 2, 1, lower panels, festoons, garlands hang down, lateral ones, panel, window, garland supports, ovoid wreath framing, medallion, disk, calyx motif, shown, bar, decorated, two intertwined garlands, mountings, shown, left, right, back bar, signature, beside, left, two figures, 75, corner, front foot, erased, London, England, 1770–75, furniture, Drawing, Drawing
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