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Godey's lady's book (1840)

Philadelphia, Pa. : L.A. Godey · leaf 595

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tate occasions, may be seen inFig. 10. It is preserved in the stables at Pens-hurst, in Kent, where it is absurdly shown asthe carriage given by Mary Queen of Scots toLord Darnley! It is certainly not older thanthe latter half of the seventeenth century, butit is a good example of the sort of… … other ornaments have a finish that could not beexcelled. Although an improvement in shapeand size is here visible, there is an overrulingclumsiness about the whole thing which con-trasts very forcibly with the more modern coach.At the end of the century, these conveyancestook the form exhibited in…

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