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# Whenever I see sedan chairs in museums, that European variety of the palanquin, a status symbol of urban transport in the form of an elegant little cabin with a seat, carried on two poles, I always recall the cartoon of the crash test for a sedan
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/kogda-vizhu-v-muzeiakh-portshezy-inache-sedany-evropeiskuiu-raznovidnost-palankina-statusnogo-sredstva-gorodskogo-peredvizheniia-v-vide-iziashchnoi-kabinki-s-kreslom-na-dvukh-zherdiakh/
- Published: 2024-10-12T15:50:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:32:26.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Museums, Observations, Humour

Whenever I see sedan chairs in museums, that European variety of the palanquin, a status symbol of urban transport in the form of an elegant little cabin with a seat, carried on two poles, I always recall the cartoon of the crash test for a sedan. Such is my dusty humour. A favourite

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