sedan chair
Portable human-powered vehicle
A sedan chair is an enclosed seat for one person, carried on horizontal poles by two or more bearers.
Common in Europe and Asia from the 17th through 19th centuries, it allowed wealthy passengers to travel through crowded streets without walking.
She was carried to the ball in a sedan chair.
Portable enclosed litter
- bearersThose who carry things
- chairmenLeaders of boards
- portersThose who carry baggage
- polesLong sticks or extremities
enclosed · curtained · human-powered · litter · stretcher · conveyance · transport · carried
Portable enclosed litter
- bearersThose who carry things
- footmenLiveried household servants
- VictorianOf a prim era
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
Regency · colonialism · nobility · aristocracy · servitude · antique · historical · relic
Formal moving line
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
entourage · retinue · cortege · escort · royal · wedding · funeral · inauguration
palanquin
Portable enclosed litter
poles · enclosed · curtained · human-powered · litter · stretcher · conveyance · transport · carried · canopied
palanquin
Portable enclosed litter
Georgian · Regency · colonialism · nobility · aristocracy · servitude · antique · historical · relic · heirloom
procession
Formal moving line
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
pomp · entourage · retinue · cortege · escort · royal · wedding · funeral · inauguration · festivity
nobility
Titled ruling class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- wealthyHaving abundant financial resources
elite · privilege · rank · distinction · class · social · courtier · lady · gentleman · merchant
opulence
Showy, abundant prosperity
brocade · lacquered · upholstered · cushioned · finery · elegance · grandeur · embroidered · silken · carved
- transportcanoe, kayak, raft, rowboat, helicopter
- historic transportcarriage, horse-drawn carriage, coach, phaeton, stagecoach
- carrierscarrier, bag, backpack, suitcase, luggage
- ancient furnishingsbed, table, bench, stool, chest
- Georgian EraGeorge III, Georgian architecture, Regency, Jane Austen, Adam style
- Roman artifactsamphora, amphorae, gladius, denarius, toga
sedan chairautomobile
Self-propelled passenger conveyance
car · motorcar · self-driving car · carriage · horse-drawn carriage
sedan chairwalking
Locomotion on foot
public transit · omnibus · streetcar · tramway · mass transit
sedan chairelectric vehicle
Battery-powered automobile
autonomous vehicle · Tesla · helicopter · maglev train · hyperloop