Sedan chairs were popular in Tenby from the eighteenth century onwards. In the 19th century, they were kept for hire by a tradesman named Cadwallader, whose place of business was situated in Frog Street. Ladies were carried in them on the way to balls, parties and to pay social calls.

This chair was used to convey Miss Stokes, the bride of one of Tenby's Mayors to church in Haverfordwest, to be married in 1872. It was presented to Tenby Museum in April 1896 by the Richards family of Croft House, who had played a prominent part in the town's local affairs.

[Source: Tenby Museum and Art Gallery]