Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 275
Fig. 230.—Travelling Carriage ; English ; Fourteenth Century. (P.) The coronation chair (Fig. 229) gives agood idea of astate chair of the early Gothic period in England. Carriages of the fourteenth century were used for theconveyance of women and children, but were not very … Fig. 231.—Travelling Carriage ; English; Fourteenth Centurj-. (P.) common. They were long-shaped covered vehicles onfour wheels, with or without panelled sides, and werepainted and decorated (Figs. 230, 231). Carts for carryingand for agricultural purposes were used in the Anglo-Saxon and Norman…
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