Description:
Description: A rare and unusual sedan chair, its side panels and door covered in leather and free-form mullions decorated by hand-painted florals, domed roof with a gilded finial at each corner. It's interior now fitted with a makeshift table and mirror top so the piece functions as a vitrine. Provenience: From the Roma, Italy salon of Tiziani (run by Evan Richards and Karl Lagerfeld), the renowned couture design-house that dressed Elizabeth Taylor, Gina Lollobrigida, Doris Duke, and many stars of the day. James & Jeffrey Stock ID 1834.

Sale Price: $9,800

Period: 18th Century

Origin: Italy

Width / Length: 31

Depth / Diameter: 36

Height: 69

Condition: Very good condition, consistent with age; wear and discoloration to textile interior, some losses and cracking to the roof leather.