BY CARTERS, LONDON, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A LATE VICTORIAN PAINTED WHEELCHAIR
BY CARTERS, LONDON, LATE 19TH CENTURY
With buttoned blue cloth back, part of foot board lacking, with makers label

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This lot is offered without reserve. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The wheeled sedan chair or Bath chair pushed by an attendant was manufactured by the New Cavendish Street firm of John Carter, who advertised one such chair in 1883 in The Graphic. (J. Gloag, The Englishman's Chair, London, 1964 p.244).

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