This is a miniature Limoges, France porcelain furniture piece, representing a sedan chair. It was designed as dollhouse furniture or a collector's novelty showcase piece. Crafted in the Limoges region of France, famed for producing high-quality, hard-paste porcelain. It features a classic Fragonard "courting couple" scene in the Rococo revival style, highlighted by elegant 22k gold trim along the borders and feet. Styled after an 18th-century sedan chair (an enclosed litter used to transport royalty and elite citizens), it includes cast metal or porcelain side-carrying poles designed to mimic real transport bars.
These tiny items were highly popular mid-20th-century tourist souvenirs and decorative novelties, often sold individually or as part of multi-piece salon or bedroom miniature furniture sets.
This one is in wonderful condition. Please email me with questions.
