Four-wheeled open carriage with original folding leather top over the passenger seat. The driver's seat is supported above the dash by a skeleton framework. The body panels are painted maroon, the wheels are rubberized and are painted a dark Brewster green with yellow stripes. The front wheels are smaller in diameter than the rear wheels. There are elliptical springs on the front axle. The rear axle has French platform springs and c-springs. There is a bar across the rear of the carriage that has a row of spikes to prevent people from hitching a ride. There are leather mud guards over each wheel to prevent splashing. The carriage has a pair of lamps on either side of the driver's seat. The passenger seat is removeable. It is upholstered in leather and stuffed with horsehair.
victorias (carriages)
wood (plant material)
leather
metal
Victoria
"Ferd. F. French & Co Boston" (All four wheel hubs are stamped)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P077
Ferd F. French & Co. (Maker)
84 x 67 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.500
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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