Carriages & coaches : their history & their evolution (1912)
Straus, Ralph, 1882-1950 · London : Martin Secker · leaf 180
termixed commonly with little poeticalmottoes. They are covered all over with scarlet cloth,lined with silk, and very often richly embroidered andfringed. This covering entirely hides the persons inthem, but may be thrown back at pleasure, and theladies peep through the lattices. They hold four… … ?N o ^ fcq Co 1~4 CO EARLY GEORGIAN CARRIAGES 153 chariots, but in these the women were not allowed todrive. Russia, too, at this time possessed coaches, and weread that Peter the Great in his trans-European journey-travelled with thirty-two four-horse carriages andfour six-horse waggons. One or…
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