The red litter of the Lady of Basel. She reclines on a bed in an ornately carved wooden litter, decorated with bronze, covered in blue-grey tapestries embroidered with gold lions. It is borne by caparisoned horses, accompanied by pages in tunics and armed guards. Reign of the House of Burgundy, 15th century. Litiere de Chatelaine. Regne de la maison de Bourgogne, XVe siecle. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Armand Jean Heins from Edmond Cattier’s Cortege Historique des Moyens de Transport, Historical Cortege of Modes of Transport, Libraire Universelle de Veuve J. Rozez, Brussels, 1886
The red litter of the Lady of Basel. She reclines on a bed in an ornately carved wooden litter, decorated with bronze, covered in blue-grey tapestries embroidered with gold lions. It is borne by caparisoned horses, accompanied by pages in tunics and armed guards. Reign of the House of Burgundy, 15th century. Litiere de Chatelaine. Regne de la maison de Bourgogne, XVe siecle. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Armand Jean Heins from Edmond Cattier’s Cortege Historique des Moyens de Transport, Historical Cortege of Modes of Transport, Libraire Universelle de Veuve J. Rozez, Brussels, 1886.
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