Design for a Sedan Chair, Pen and black ink; brush and gray wash, red, green and blue watercolor over graphite on tan paper, Shown from the rear right corner with two bars. On top of the roof is a ducal crown. At the corners stand crowns and hang tassels. Fringes and ropes with tassels and framing festoons hang from the upper rim. The panel beside the window is divided into two parts by a scroll rising from the lower right corner and extending to the upper left corner. In the right part is an escutcheon with two swearing hands (?) and a swag crossed with a palm branch. In the left parts ornamentation with lozenges hanging blossoms at the angles. In the upper panel at the back are, above, a trophy of objects referring to the hung, below, a monogram MP. The bottom panels are decorated with, respectively, a hanging basket below the subdivided panel, a plant palmette at the back. The bars are decorated in the width of the chair. The metal mountings are shown., London, England, ca. 1775, transportation, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Sedan Chair, Pen, black ink, brush, gray wash, red, green, blue watercolor, graphite, tan paper, Shown, rear right corner, two bars, top, roof, ducal crown, corners stand crowns, hang tassels, Fringes, ropes, tassels, framing festoons hang, upper rim, panel beside, window, divided, two parts, scroll rising, lower right corner, extending, upper left corner, right part, escutcheon, two swearing hands, swag crossed, palm branch, left parts ornamentation, lozenges hanging blossoms, angles, upper panel, back, trophy, objects referring, hung, monogram MP, bottom panels, decorated, respectively, hanging basket, subdivided panel, plant palmette, back, bars, decorated, width, chair, metal mountings, shown, London, England, ca, 1775, transportation, Drawing, Drawing
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