Sedan chairs carried wealthy people around Edinburgh, particularly in the City's Old Town, where the tightly packed houses made some of the streets too narrow to allow a carriage to pass along them.

The sedan chair first appeared in London for hire in 1634. During the 18th century the private sedan chair was a frequent site in Britain. The sedan chair carried the ladies of Tenby to balls and ...

A fine magician of the Royal Court materialises an elegant attire from a transparent glass container, and then, a refined dandy appears, as an ornate palanquin is summoned. Now, what does the ...