Date:1900
Description:This Parisian phaeton was made by S. Cund of Wolverhampton in about 1900 for the 20th Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot of Ingestre. It was built as a leisure vehicle and was usually pulled by a single pony. It was last used as recently as the Second World War, when petrol was rationed. Phaetons are four-wheeled open carriages designed to be owner driven rather than cochaman driven. Many of the most elegant phaetons were French-made – they and their English copies were called ‘Parisian’ phaetons. The passengers sat opposite each other (face to face, or ‘vis-à-vis’). The Parisian phaeton became popular during the 1880s. Its low, wide entrance was convenient for the large skirts women wore at the time. This horse-drawn carriage is from the Staffordshire County Museum collection. You can find out more about the Parisian Phaeton and see 3D imaging that you can rotate and zoom in to explore detail at the Staffordshire Carriage Collection website: http://www.staffordshirecarriages.org.uk/parisian-phaeton/
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Donor ref:64.064.0013 (37/35640)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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