#sedanchairs

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Keeping my #carbonfootprint low as travel about #Mayfair @thewolseley @fortnums to buy my #tea & #turkishdelight ⚜️Im hoping to popularise #sedanchairs as another string in #Mayfair’s #publictransport system just as in 1625 following the arrival of our #eccentric #fashionmavin & #icon of #oscarwilde - Queen Henry’s (Henrietta-Marie’s) arrival at St James’s Palace In her #Sedanchair ⚜️the excitement of the assembled crowd was palpable - #artists in the front #sketchpads ready to capture our new 15 year old “Queen of #Fashion & The Arts” - A hush fell upon the crowd at they saw the first glimpse of her #scandalous 4 inch #diamond & #ruby encrusted #redsoled #stilettos as she alighted from the #sedanchair were captured by #artists & appeared in print in news sheets across igniting a #trend for #jewel encrusted stilettos across #Britain & #Ireland for both men & women ⚜️🥂🍾⚜️photography @muirvidler #antique #shotsilk #ballgown with train & #bustle from 1912 vintage @hermes #clementine #crocodilebirkin (at Fortnum & Mason) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Ayx-BAExG/?igshid=1jhahmvh6gh2

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Alone with one of the #unnamed #Footmen - #anonymous to some but his name is engraved across some of the finest #sedanchairs of the 21st Century! Brava @johndavidgusman https://www.instagram.com/p/B376v1WAYZC/?igshid=ygmd7i62cbup

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Keeping my #carbonfootprint low as I head from @royalacademyarts out to @fortnums to buy my #lapsangtea & #turkishdelight - Im hoping to popularise #sedanchairs for short jaunts as another string in the #mayfair #publictransport bow just as in 1625 following the arrival of our #eccentric #fashionmavin & #icon of #oscarwilde - #QueenHenriettaMarie arrival at #Stjames’sPalace in a #Sedanchair - For within a year #KingCharlesI added 125 Sedan-chair’s to the #HansomCarriages to bolster #London’s #publictransport system & opened up all the #RoyalParks for the free use of the public which sparked other trends such as #picnicsinthepark #Croquet & #spaniels - & other dogs - as beloved companions, rather than mere feet-warmers or sporting aides ...#sedanchairs to the rescue! @muirvidler @velveteccentric @hermes @blushbashfuluk @mayfair.times (at Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon at Fortnum & Mason) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2usTbegVaB/?igshid=vqeaswznsn5v

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the glamour of the #sedanchair is Perfect for dashing between shows @LondonFashionWeek & as a low carbon output the #sedanchair is ideal for #eccentrics hopping between @thewolseley & @wallacemuseum Both practical & exquisite #SedanChairs were used across Britain & #Ireland for centuries after history’s first openly #gay #monarch @KingJamesI - received one from an Indian Maharaja & put them into mass production in 1603. #oscarwilde favourite queen, Henrietta-Maria (wife of #cavaliers King CharlesI ) arrived in London in 1625 in a Sedan Chair 💜After the fire of London in 1666 Sedan Chairs were the only means of transport in The City of London as the streets were too damaged for horses. I used to have a sedan chair to ferry me about Mayfair when I lived in my 3inch bespoke @jimmychoos now subsequently rebuilt to a modest 1/2 inch. I whimsically imagine it once ferried #Eccentric #Mayfair #luminaries such as the playwright & spy #AphraBehn #CountessAdaLovelace (Byron's daughter) & #OscarWilde ... Sadly my chair was caught up in a madcap bobsleigh accident down the stairs of the #DoverStreet #ArtsClub (when it was still the Authors Club in 1996) ah the bittersweet memories of our salad days @muirvidler @velveteccentric @johndavidgusman (at The Wolseley) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2fRT9tgpA5/?igshid=1bplvvctuc34h

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#ecofriendly travel at its larkiest! #Sedanchairs more #glamorous than wheel chairs or firemen-lifts - Up until now I found the many side effects of my #braintumour & #hipfracture hindered my mobility but hark me in my 18th Century #Sedanchair Bringing history to life in my #mayfair #bedsalon with all the #regency #fizz of #footmen in #livery Dashing about #Mayfair ferrying #duchesses & #dukes on #SedanChairs which in 1625 became part of the worlds first public transport company authorised by the popular #KingCharlesI as part of his ingenious fleet of #hansomcabs There is Surely nothing more in Mayfair than the sight of dashing footman & I have long voted to bring back the historic footman races at #BerkeleySquare that were one of the seasonal events of the 1700s when #lordByron #Gainsborough & #dorothysavile made & lost fortunes betting on the speed of footman pulling sedanchairs around the square - the nearby pub still honours the event (at Mayfair) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuXAjPRgF7J/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=g3y7d02sfa6g

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#sedanchairs - #ecofriendly larky & more #glamorous than wheel chairs or firemen-lifts - Up until now I found the many side effects of my #braintumour & #hipfracture hindered my mobility but hark me in my 18th Century #Sedanchair Bringing history to life in my #mayfair #bedsalon with all the #regency #fizz of #footmen in #livery Dashing about #Mayfair ferrying #duchesses & #dukes on #SedanChairs which in 1625 became part of the worlds first public transport company authorised by the popular #KingCharlesI as part of his ingenious fleet of #hansomcabs There is Surely nothing more in Mayfair than the sight of dashing footman & I have long voted to bring back the historic footman races at #BerkeleySquare that were one of the seasonal events of the 1700s when #lordByron #Gainsborough & #dorothysavile made & lost fortunes betting on the speed of footman pulling sedanchairs around the square - the nearby pub still honours the event (at Mayfair) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuW-0Wig8xn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=710zxf88xrz3

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#sedanchairs add grace & gaiety to any @boulevard or #ballroom adding lashings of glamour unlike the #stannahlift as demonstrated here by the handsome Nicholas & Sergei at @cafedeparis who carried me up & down the vast #staircase of @cafedeparis in my @velveteccentric #papalcrown & #neckshrine @nickede #fallball #styleforstroke @steviewilde #photography by @muirvidler (at Cafe de Paris) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpb_IbWnPMW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ikf0kxhcu21

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#sedanchairs add grace & gaiety to any @boulevard or #ballroom adding lashings of glamour unlike the #stannahlift as demonstrated here by the handsome Nicholas & Sergei at @cafedeparis who carried me up & down the vast #staircase of @cafedeparis in my @velveteccentric #papalcrown & #neckshrine @nickede #fallball #styleforstroke @steviewilde #photography by @muirvidler (at Cafe de Paris) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpb-CR0nUmn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tneax9q5jj2o