Grand ducal sedan chair
Information
- Author
- Florentine craftsmen
- Date
- 17th-18th cent.
- Collocation
- Belvedere della Cupola
- Material
- Sagomatura, tornitura, foderatura
- Technique
- Shaping, turning, lining
- Dimensions
- Height: 36 cm; Width: 145 cm; Length: 64 cm;
- Scientific catalog (only in italian)
- Portantina granducale
Wooden sedan chair with stool lined in nailed leather, curved rods, from 17-18th cent. The sedan chair is surprisingly small and of unusual shape; it seems to have been used to carry the Grand Duke, possibly Cosimo III, along the ascent of the Dome, along the steep narrow passage still in use today.
