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		The curule chair was originally very ar in form to the Age of Enlightenment and future Emperor of Habsburg, famous The Age of Discovery and the gold rush, the history of being inflated, silver chair possibly to the extra resources be expended.
		Sam Maloof famous for wood rocking chairs A sedan chair is a synthetic sponge that caught fire during the several reigns of some form or other currency before the accession of Louis XIV went handinhand with modious seat furniture, developed in Paris about 1720 (illustration, summary of the silver chwir right).
		The new Rococo chairs were made, silver chair even before the hack hits the ground.
	silver-chair.newsilvers.info (918 words)

	Litter (vehicle) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In London, "chairs" were available for hire in 1634, each assigned a number and the chairmen licensed, because the operation was a monopoly of a courtier of Charles I.
		Sedan chairs were meant to alleviate the crush of coaches in London streets, an early instance of traffic congestion.
		Sedan chairs were used by the wealthy in the cities of colonial America.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sedan_chair (1406 words)

	Sedan Chairs
		There was a time, however, when the sedan chair was one of the beautiful appointments of wealthy households, and ladies and dandies sat in state as their footmen and lackeys, or their chairmen, carried them about.
		Technically described, the sedan chair is a portable chair or covered vehicle with side windows and an entrance through a hinged doorway at the front ; the method of transport was by two poles carried by two men.
		Discarded sedans have been used as seats for night watchmen in some of the older houses of the nobility in London, and a few may still be seen in the halls of the City Companies.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles17/furniture-110.shtml (791 words)

	sedan - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Sedan, town, northeastern France, in Ardennes Department, on the Meuse River.
		Sedan, Battle of, engagement fought on September 1, 1870, around the town of Sedan in northern France, that decided the Franco-Prussian War.
		- enclosed chair carried by porters: in the 17th and 18th centuries, an enclosed chair carried by porters at the front and rear on two long poles passed...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /sedan.html (159 words)

	THE SEDAN CHAIR IN SCOTLAND
		The sedan door was normally at the front but most Edinburgh chairs had a door at the side to allow easier access from doorways in the narrow closes and wynds.
		It was quite common for sedans to be overturned in strong winds and it was normal on windy days to hire two men to walk either side of the chair to keep it even, while another two carried it.
		Sedan chairs were so numerous by the end of the 18th century that the Glasgow Council set down detailed rules for their control.
	members.fortunecity.com /gillonj/sedanchairinscotland (562 words)

	Fawcett, Chair Transport in Bath, 1988
		in paultry chairs, made of slight cross bars of wood, fastened together with girth web, covered with bays, and, for the most part destitute of lining: these machines, by standing in the streets till called for, are often rendered so damp by the weather, that bathers cannot use them without imminent hazard of their lives.
		The redesigned bath chairs ordered for the Hospital in 1749—50 were, as noted earlier, constructed by Thomas Jelly the builder (or by one of his family), presumably according to the pattern supplied by the master-glazier Thomas Palmer.
		Licensed chairs were required to be of a sturdy build, 5’3” tall and 2’2” wide within, decently lined, equipped with a lantern at night (the Act also permitted lighted torches), and painted fl on the outside with the registration number in white on the front, rear, and top part.
	condor.depaul.edu /~cchaden/bath/chairtransport.html (6944 words)

	Sedan Chair -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		, 1893]] A Sedan chair is an enclosed windowed chair with an upholstered interior suitable for a single occupant, which was carried by two porters, one in front, one behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.
		Such wooden or bamboo litters, (now often called "sedan chairs") used by women and the elderly among common people were called ''minjiao,'' the mandarin class using an official ''guanjiao'' enclosed in silk curtains.
		In Europe, it took four strong chairmen to carry the corpulent Henry VIII of England in the chair he was carried in, towards the end of his life, but the expression "sedan chair" was not used in print until 1615.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/131/sedan-chair.html (1198 words)

	Sedan Chairmen
		The sedan chair was cheaper than hackney coaches, and a person could not only travel from door to door in a sedan chair but could travel from indoors to indoors without setting foot outside.
		The sedan chairs belonging to the gentry were often quite elaborate, with rich upholstery and painted bodies or wooden crests on the roof.(See illustration at the top of the page.) These private sedan chairs were often beautifully painted by the most renowned painters of the day.
		Eventually the sedan chair was superseded by the cab.
	www.georgianindex.net /transportationLondon/chairmen.html (870 words)

	Virtual Reality Centre at Teesside Ltd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The sedan chair was given to the Heritage Centre by Durham School, where it was used in the 19th century to carry sick boys to the sanatorium.
		The origin of the chair is not known, but it was probably used in the city before it was acquired by the school.
		Sedan chairs, carried on two long poles, were first introduced to this country in the 17th century and soon became a popular form of transport particularly in the cities.
	vr.tees.ac.uk /heritage/artefacts/dhc/sedan.htm (302 words)

	Chinese Bridal Sedan Chair
		As one of the main vehicles of ancient times, the sedan chair is often featured in movies about old China.
		Even today, the saying "I was carried here in a colorful sedan chair by eight people" is still used to suggest the speaker is genuine (like original wife who rode the colorful sedan).
		In cities, there were generally three kinds of rental sedans: The first was called a sacred or official sedan, which was used to transport memorial tablets or the rich and powerful.
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_chinaway/2004-06/02/content_47313.htm (404 words)

	Chinese life/society
		The moment she got in the sedan chair meant the beginning of the wedding ceremony, and also a turning point in a woman's life.
		Getting into the bridal sedan chair is the beginning of a traditional wedding and at the same time a turning point of a woman's life.
		Holding a vase in her arms, the bride got off the sedan chair and strode over a saddle on the ground (the pronunciation of these two things: vase and saddle, are the same as that of "smooth and safe" in Chinese).
	www.chinavoc.com /life/focus/100marry1.asp (1849 words)

	Details of the object (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This chair is characterized by two carrying poles terminating in elegant golden palmiform capitals.
		The inscriptions give names and epithets of the queen as " mother of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt...., the real daughter of the god, Hetepheres ".
		Sedan chairs were the preferred mode of transportation for the well off: they sat on them with knees drawn up to the chest, fan in hand, and a thick cushion for support and comfort.
	www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg /details.asp?which2=534 (89 words)

	Sedan
		A "Sedan Chair" in the 1800s was considered the posh ride for those aristocrats with many slaves (or poorly paid servants).
		The sedans cost twice as much as a Touring, and with plate glass in all the windows on bumpy roads with rough suspension, glass shards would break off and pierce the occupants occasionally.
		The Holden Sedan body was used on Buicks and other cars so it was a bit up class from the Sloper.
	home.znet.com /p1937/Sedan.htm (461 words)

	Beijing Introduction: Local Customs, Marital Customs
		The sedan chair used to meet the bride is covered with red satin and embroidered with flowers.
		No matter how cold or hot, the bride in the sedan chair is not allowed to take off the headkerchief that covers her head.
		After the sedan chair is lifted, but before they leave for the groom's family, the bride's parents will send two brothers of the bride to accompany the sedan chair to see the bride off to the groom's family.
	www.beijingtrip.com /local-custom/marital-customs.htm (2086 words)

	Chinese Marriage Traditions and Chinese Wedding Customs
		On her way to the chair, one of her sisters will shield her with a red parasol, while another sister will throw rice at the sedan chair.
		For instance, the sedan chair is heavily curtained to prevent the bride from seeing an unlucky sight (e.g.
		Before the sedan chair a red mat is placed so that the bride will not touch the bare earth.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/social_customs/marriage/day_wed2.htm (431 words)

	SEDAN CHAIR - Vintage Old Antique Postcard Postcards
		MADAGASCAR - Tananarive : Native police-officer in Filanzane (Malagasy sedan chair).
		CHINA - Kouy Tcheou : The missionary in a sedan chair.
		INDIA - Darjeeling : A dandy (sedan chair) and bearers.
	www.postcardman.net /sedan_chair.html (105 words)

	Galopp Royal
		If you roll his position on the sedan chair then you will be able to advance yourself two spaces and send another player's sedan chair back two spaces.
		The first player to move his or her sedan chair onto the space with the Arc de Triomphe moves his or her sedan chair to the space with the Roman numeral one (I).
		Naturally that player will remove the worst bearer from his or her own sedan chair and the best bearer from each of the other player's sedan chair.
	www.gamecabinet.com /rules/GaloppRoyal.html (1627 words)

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		If anyone seriously wants to be carried around Pennsic in a sedan chair, they have to make the chair as light as possible, and get bearers who already have both the strength and the endurance to carry it.
		The simple fact of the matter is, the rickshaw was an improvement on extant sedan chairs AKA litters which had been around since ancient times.
		My guess is rickshaws replaced the earlier conveyance due to the fact that the rickshaw man could keep all the fare to himself since he didn't have to share it with a partner, while at the same time expending less effort.
	www.florilegium.org /files/TRAVEL/sedan-chairs-msg.text (2010 words)

	sedan chair
		Enclosed chair for one passenger carried on poles by two or more bearers.
		Introduced into England by Sanders Duncombe in 1634, by the 18th century it was the equivalent of a one-person taxi.
		The name derives from an Italian dialect word for seat, rather than from the French town of Sedan.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0009388.html (207 words)

	Quotes
		But soon a high official passed by, carried in a sedan chair, accompanied by attendants, and escorted by soldiers beating gongs.
		Then he became the high official, carried everywhere in his embroidered sedan chair, feared and hated by the people all around, who had to bow down before him as he passed.
		It was a hot summer day, and the official felt very uncomfortable in the sticky sedan chair.
	www.sus4.com /quotes (1023 words)

	Scout Activities \| Sedan Chairs \| 4th Tyldesley Scouts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		With the District Sedan Chair Race fast approaching (12th April 2000) we had a night of designing, building and racing Sedan Chairs.
		Historically a "Sedan Chair" is a vehicle supported by two poles.
		Although we will be racing pre-built chairs on the day it is a requirement that the Scouts can build their own chair.
	www.4thtyldesley.co.uk /troop/activities/act010.htm (122 words)

	Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), Anhui, China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		If you feel that you can't walk too well or you don't like to walk, a sedan chair can be hired to take you around the top of the mountain.
		Balanced between two coolies in a comfortable chair you can see the sites swaying with their every step.
		Here Bernice and Sam pause for a picture as the sedan chair passes them by.
	www.paulnoll.com /China/Excursions/Huangshan-sedan-chair.html (105 words)

	Nowt2Do Archive: Nowt2Do before Spring 2006 - Nowt2Do.Com: Listings and Reviews for Bristol and Beyond! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This late night bar is very popular with Bristol's party people who love the Sedan Chairs funky music and cool atmosphere whilst managing to create a friendly vide too.
		Being situated in the heart of Bristol's city centre The Sedan Chair is the place to get your evening off to a great start.
		The Sedan Chair is within easy walking distance all the cities top attractions.
	www.nowt2do.co.uk /SpecialFeature_Sedan.htm (285 words)

	Chinese Antique (Sub)
		The chair-like sedan enclosed with color silk was one of the main vehicles in the ancient time of China.
		On special occasions, such as a wedding ceremony, a sedan chair was used to take the pride to the groom's house, even for the poor.
		It made the wedding ceremony so spectacular that the subsequent wedding ceremonies appealed to a bridal sedan dearly for carrying the bride even though it was only a simple sedan sometimes.
	chinatravelz.com /insight/things-insight/antique/sedan (526 words)

	Sedan - Definitions from Dictionary.com
		se‧dan /sɪˈdæn/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[si-dan] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
		A portable enclosed chair for one person, having poles in the front and rear and carried by two other people.
		n 1: a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors 2: a closed litter for one passenger [syn: sedan chair]
	dictionary.reference.com /browse/Sedan (243 words)

	Antiques Glossary - Glossary of Antiques - French Antiques
		Borne -A circular settee with an appliqué on the centre.
		Boudeuse -Upholstered chair with two addorsed seats (see: dos à dos).
		Fauteuil de Bureau -A desk chair with one of the legs at the centre front.
	www.cedricdupontantiques.com /glossary.html (714 words)

	sedan-chairs-msg
		sedan chair, they have to make the chair as light as possible, and get
		apart throne or a wicker chair (with arms!).
		As to the stress, the poles on my sedan chair are
	www.florilegium.org /files/TRAVEL/sedan-chairs-msg.html (1647 words)

	Sedan Chair of Pope Leo XIII
		This sedan chair comes from a Napolitan workshop and was a donation from the city of Naples to Leo XIII on the occasion of the jubilee of his ordination.
		It has an irregular shape richly decorated with appliqué in wood, metal, ivory and bone.
		Peter Consecrating St. Aspreno the Bishop of Naples.
	mv.vatican.va /3_EN/pages/z-Patrons/MV_Patrons_04_05_01.html (184 words)

	I'm Gina Smith
		To his great surprise, he suddenly became the merchant, enjoying more luxuries and power than he had ever imagined, but envied and detested by those less wealthy than himself.
		Then he became the high official, carried everywhere in his embroidered sedan chair, feared and hated by the people all around.
		It was a hot summer day, so the official felt very uncomfortable in the sticky sedan chair.
	ginasmith.typepad.com (2252 words)

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