by Michele Ann Young
I thought I would chime in here with a bit more on carriages. This next picture is particularly useful if you would like something to go wrong with your carriage.
Or you want your hero or heroine to cling to something, or even jump out. It is a long way down my friends.
I fear you might need your quizzing glass or your lorgnette to read the darn thing, though!
This is a laundolet, a rather elegant affair. I noticed that most of these carriages were convertibles, apart from the travelling carriages or chariots as they ware also called.
There are likely a couple of reason for this. Firstly, it would be cheaper to built a soft top and secondly, these were see and be seen vehicles. Of course the extreme was the phaeton with no top at all. Though some did have them.
I wanted to include a travelling chariot. We saw a picture of one last day, but I thought this one much clearer that the one my colleague produced earlier in the week. So there!
What I liked about this is the insignia on the door, and the lamps on each of the front corners in particular.
I can't imagine traveling in the dark with nothing but those to see the way. It also clearly shows glass, so the passengers can see forwards.
There were bigger travelling carriages than this of course, this one looks like a speedy affair, but an old lady might own something that looked more like a mail coach.
If you are wondering where people kept their horses and carriages in Town, we will have some pictures of that next time.
Until then, Happy Rambles
I thought I would chime in here with a bit more on carriages. This next picture is particularly useful if you would like something to go wrong with your carriage.
Or you want your hero or heroine to cling to something, or even jump out. It is a long way down my friends.I fear you might need your quizzing glass or your lorgnette to read the darn thing, though!
This is a laundolet, a rather elegant affair. I noticed that most of these carriages were convertibles, apart from the travelling carriages or chariots as they ware also called.
There are likely a couple of reason for this. Firstly, it would be cheaper to built a soft top and secondly, these were see and be seen vehicles. Of course the extreme was the phaeton with no top at all. Though some did have them.
I wanted to include a travelling chariot. We saw a picture of one last day, but I thought this one much clearer that the one my colleague produced earlier in the week. So there!
What I liked about this is the insignia on the door, and the lamps on each of the front corners in particular.
I can't imagine traveling in the dark with nothing but those to see the way. It also clearly shows glass, so the passengers can see forwards.
There were bigger travelling carriages than this of course, this one looks like a speedy affair, but an old lady might own something that looked more like a mail coach.
If you are wondering where people kept their horses and carriages in Town, we will have some pictures of that next time.
Until then, Happy Rambles