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Wourch barouche.
(Plate 29.)
Artist
- Name:
- Cima, Giuseppe
- Dates:
- ?-18??
- Country:
- Italy
Illustration
- Subject:
- Science & technology
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Engraver:
- Regazzoni, Giocondo
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- L'addobbatore moderno, vol. 5
- Author(s):
- Cima, Giuseppe
- Publisher:
- Milan: Giocondo Regazzoni, n.d. [ca. 1843?]
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Plate showing an “American” carriage with a folding top, looking somewhat like a Victoria, and a Wourch, or Wourst barouche. American carriages were often light vehicles of the likes of buggies or small phaetons imported from the US to Europe, or assembled in Europe from imported parts. Made from harder wood—such as hickory—than the local production, they tended to be lighter and faster.
The captions read in the original: Américaine à caisses mobiles—Calèche Wourst.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, carriage, color, design, reference book, transportation
