I was reading the Colonial Williamsburg magazine where they showed a riding chair, a windsor chair bolted on the a small wagon frame.  Reminded me or an early surry.  I have seen in several colonial wills (1690 - 1770), where the testator willed his or her riding chair or riding frame.  I had assumed that a riding chair was a saddle and its tack and in the case of female testator or heir that it was a sidesaddle and tack.

Is there a difference between a riding chair and a riding frame?

Were the riding chairs more costly than tack, and therefore considered a more precious gift?

How long were the riding chairs popular or used which of course may not be the same thing?

Deborah Byrd

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