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Needle Case (photographs courtesy of Bunny's Place)
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Invalid Chair |
Top view with the word "Pins" on the bench (lid)
During the Victorian period wheeled chairs like the one pictured below were very popular with the disabled and the elderly as well as the wealthy. These chairs were made of wicker or a combination of wood, metal, cloth and glass and came in several different varieties. They were used most often at spa towns and seaside resorts to move people from one area to another.
Although the first records of wheeled chairs being used to transport people appeared in China in the 3rd century BCE, it wasn’t until around 525CE that we find drawings of them on Chinese artwork. About 1750 a three-wheeled chair consisting of a small carriage mounted on two wheels beneath a seat with a smaller wheel in front was created by John Heath of the town of Bath in the UK. As a result the chair became known as the ‘bath chair’. It was pushed from behind and contained a rod that connected to the front wheel which allowed the occupant to steer the vehicle.
In 1849 the company Leveson & Sons was founded in London and they became one of the leading producers of bath and invalid chairs. Illustrated advertisements appeared in many health related Victorian books and journals where up to 6 different models were pictured.
