Mostrar código-fonte de História das carruagens

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[[Ficheiro:Buberel Coronation coach Catherine the Great.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.25|[[Catherine the Great|Catherine II]]'s carved, painted and gilded Coronation Coach ([[Hermitage Museum]])]]

A '''carriage''' is a wheeled vehicle for people, usually horse-drawn; [[Litter (vehicle)|litters (palanquins)]] and sedan chairs are excluded, since they are wheelless vehicles. The carriage is especially designed for private passenger use and for comfort or elegance, though some are also used to transport goods.  It may be light, smart and fast or heavy, large and comfortable. Carriages normally have [[suspension (vehicle)|suspension]] using [[leaf spring]]s, elliptical springs (in the 19th century) or leather strapping. A public passenger vehicle would not usually be called a carriage – terms for such include [[stagecoach]], [[charabanc]] and [[bus|omnibus]].  Working vehicles such as the (four-wheeled) [[wagon]] and (two-wheeled) [[cart]] share important parts of the history of the carriage, as is the fast (two-wheeled) [[chariot]].<ref>Laszlo Tarr, ''The History of the Carriage'' (1969, translated from Hungarian by Elisabeth Hoch)</ref>{{Full|date=August 2010}}<ref>Stuart Piggott, ''Wagon, Chariot and Carriage'' (1992)</ref>{{Full|date=August 2010}}<!-- Need publishers etc. -->

==Overview==
[[File:Herrschaftliche Kutsche.JPG|thumb|Coach of an imperial family, c&nbsp;1870]]

The word ''carriage'' (abbreviated ''carr'' or ''cge'') is from [[Old Northern French]] ''cariage'', to carry in a vehicle.<ref name="OED">''Oxford English Dictionary'' 1933: Car, Carriage</ref> The word ''car'', then meaning a kind of two-wheeled cart for goods, also came from Old Northern French about the beginning of the 14th century;<ref name="OED"/> it was also used for [[railway carriage]]s, and was extended to cover ''[[automobile]]'' around the end of the nineteenth century, when early models were called ''[[horseless carriage]]s''.

A carriage is sometimes called a ''team'', as in "horse and team". A carriage with its horse is a ''rig''.  An elegant horse-drawn carriage with its retinue of servants is an ''equipage''. A carriage together with the horses, harness and attendants is a ''turnout'' or ''setout''. A procession of carriages is a ''cavalcade''.

==History==

===Prehistory===
Some horsecarts found in [[Celts|Celtic]] graves show hints that their platforms were suspended elastically.<ref>{{Cite journal | author=Raimund Karl | title=Überlegungen zum Verkehr in der eisenzeitlichen Keltiké | trans_title=Deliberations on Traffic in the Ironage Celtic Culture | version= | format=.PDF | publisher=Universität Wien | language=German | url=http://www.ausgegraben.org/modules/Static_Docs/data/WKS/WKS3.pdf | year=2003 | accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref>  Four-wheeled wagons were used in prehistoric Europe, and their form known from excavations suggests that the basic construction techniques of wheel and undercarriage (that survived until the age of the motor car) were established then.<ref>Stuart Piggott, ''The Earliest Wheeled Transport'' (1983); C.F.E Pare, ''Wagons and Wagon-Graves of the Early Iron Age in Central Europe''. (Oxford, 1992).</ref>

===Chariot===
The earliest recorded sort of carriage was the [[chariot]] in Mesopotamia as early as 3000 BC.  Used typically for warfare by Egyptians, the near Easterners and Europeans, it was essentially a two-wheeled light basin carrying one or two passengers, drawn by one to two horses.  The chariot was revolutionary and effective because it delivered fresh warriors to crucial areas of battle with swiftness.

===Roman carriage===
First century BC [[Roman empire|Romans]] used sprung wagons for overland journeys.<ref>{{Cite journal | author=Jochen Garbsch | title=Restoration of a Roman travelling wagon and of a wagon from the Hallstadt bronze culture | url=http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~arch/mitt/mitt040.htm | publisher=Leibniz-Rechenzentrum München | format=.HTML | language=German |date = June 1986| accessdate=2008-01-29}}</ref> It is likely that Roman carriages employed some form of suspension on chains or leather straps, as indicated by carriage parts found in excavations.

===Ancient Chinese carriage===
The kingdoms of the Zhou Dynasty and Warring States were also known to have used carriages as transportation. With the decline of these civilizations these techniques almost disappeared.

===Medieval carriage===
[[File:Kobelwagen, Jean Le Tavernier, nach 1455.jpg|thumb|upright|Horse-drawn wagon, c. 1455]]
The medieval carriage was typically a four-wheeled wagon type, with a rounded top ('tilt') similar in appearance to the [[Conestoga Wagon]] familiar from the USA.  Sharing the traditional form of wheels and undercarriage known since the Bronze Age, it very likely also employed the pivoting fore-axle in continuity from the ancient world.  Suspension (on chains) is recorded in visual images and written accounts from the 14th century ('chars branlant' or rocking carriages), and was in widespread use by the 15th century.<ref name="Munby" >Julian Munby, ‘From Carriage to Coach: What Happened?’, in Robert Bork and Andrea Kann (eds) The art, science, and technology of medieval travel (Ashgate, 2008), pp.41–53.</ref>  Carriages were largely used by royalty, aristocrats (and especially by women), and could be elaborately decorated and gilded.  These carriages were on four wheels often and were pulled by two to four horses depending on how they were decorated (elaborate decoration with gold lining made the carriage heavier).  Wood and iron were the primary requirements needed to build a carriage and carriages that were used by non-royalty were covered by plain leather.

Another form of the carriage was the [[pageant wagon]] of the 14th century.  Historians debate on the structure and size of pageant wagons however, they are generally miniature house-like structures that rest on four to six wheels depending on the size of the wagon.  The pageant wagon is significant because up until the 14th century most carriages were on two or 3 wheels; the chariot, rocking carriage, and baby carriage are two examples of carriages which pre-date the pageant wagon.  Historians also debate whether or not pageant wagons were built with pivotal axle systems, which allowed the wheels to turn.  Whether it was a four or six wheel pageant wagon, most historians maintain that pivotal axle systems were implemented on pageant wagons because many roads were often winding with some sharp turns.  Six wheel pageant wagons also represent another innovation in carriages; they were one of the first carriages to use multiple pivotal axles.  Pivotal axles were used on the front set of wheels and the middle set of wheels.  This allowed the horse to move freely and steer the carriage in accordance with the road or path.

===Coach===
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[[File:Koets Brussel.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.14|A Gala Coupé, 18th century; [[Royal Museums of Art and History]], Brussels]]
One of the great innovations of the carriage was the invention of the suspended carriage or the ''chariot branlant'' (though whether this was a Roman or medieval innovation remains uncertain).  The 'chariot branlant' of medieval illustrations was suspended by chains rather than leather straps as had been believed.{{by whom|date=April 2012}}  Chains provided a smoother ride in the chariot branlant because the compartment no longer rested on the turning axles.  In the 15th century, carriages were made lighter and needed only one horse to haul the carriage.  This carriage was designed and innovated in [[Hungary]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}} Both innovations appeared around the same time and historians believe that people began comparing the chariot branlant and the Hungarian light coach.  However, the earliest illustrations of the Hungarian 'Kochi-wagon' do not indicate any suspension, and often the use of three horses in harness.

Under King [[Mathias Corvinus]] (1458–90), who enjoyed fast travel, the Hungarians developed fast road transport, and the town of [[Kocs]] between [[Budapest]] and [[Vienna]] became an important post-town, and gave its name to the new vehicle type.<ref>{{Cite OED 1933|Coach}}</ref> The Hungarian [[Coach (carriage)|coach]] was highly praised because it was capable of holding 8 men, used light wheels, could be towed by only one horse (it may have been suspended by leather straps, but this is a topic of debate).{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}  Ultimately it was the Hungarian coach that generated a greater buzz of conversation than the chariot branlant of [[France]] because it was a much smoother ride.{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}  Henceforth, the Hungarian coach spread across Europe rather quickly, in part due to [[Ippolito d'Este of Ferrara]] (1479–1529), nephew of Mathias' queen [[Beatrix of Aragon]], who as a very junior Archbishopric of [[Esztergom]] developed a liking of Hungarian riding and took his carriage and driver back to [[Italy]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}  Around 1550 the 'coach' made its appearance throughout the major cities of Europe, and the new word entered the vocabulary of all their languages. ''Gozzadini article REF REQUIRED'' {{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}  However, the new 'coach' seems to have been a concept (fast road travel for men) as much as any particular type of vehicle, and there is no obvious change that accompanied the innovation.  As it moved throughout Europe in the late 16th century, the coach’s body structure was ultimately changed, from a round-top to the 'four-poster' carriages that became standard by c.1600.<ref name="Munby" />

===Later development of the coach===
[[File:James Pollard - The London-Faringdon Coach passing Buckland House, Berkshire - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|upright=1.14|The London-Faringdon coach, 1835]]
The coach had doors in the side, with an iron step protected by leather that became the 'boot' in which servants might ride.  The driver sat on a seat at the front, and the most important occupant sat in the back facing forwards.  The earliest coaches can be seen at Veste Coburg, Lisbon, and the Moscow Kremlin, and they become a commonplace in European art.  It was not until the 17th century that further innovations with steel springs and glazing took place, and only in the 18th century, with better road surfaces, was there a major innovation with the introduction of the steel [[Spring (device)|C-spring]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

It was not until the 18th century that steering systems were truly improved. [[Erasmus Darwin]] was a young English doctor who was driving a carriage about 10,000 miles a year to visit patients all over England.  Darwin found two essential problems or shortcomings of the commonly used light carriage or Hungarian carriage.  First, the front wheels were turned by a pivoting front axle, which had been used for years, but these wheels were often quite small and hence the rider, carriage and horse felt the brunt of every bump on the road.  Secondly, he recognized the danger of overturning.

A pivoting front axle changes a carriage’s base from a rectangle to a triangle because the wheel on the inside of the turn is able to turn more sharply than the outside front wheel. Darwin proposed to fix these insufficiencies by proposing a principle in which the two front wheels turn about a centre that lies on the extended line of the back axle. This idea was later patented as [[Ackermann steering geometry|Ackerman Steering]].  Darwin argued that carriages would then be easier to pull and prevent carriages from overturning.

Carriage use in [[North America]] came with the establishment of European settlers.  Early colonial horse tracks quickly grew into roads especially as the colonists extended their territories southwest.  Colonists began using carts as these roads and trading increased between the north and south.  Eventually carriages or coaches were sought to transport goods as well as people.  As in Europe, chariots, coaches and/or carriages were a mark of status.  The tobacco planters of the South were some of the first Americans to use the carriage as a form of human transportation.  As the tobacco farming industry grew in the southern colonies so did the frequency of carriages, coaches and wagons.  Upon the turn of the 18th century wheeled vehicle use in the colonies was at an all time high.  Carriages, coaches and wagons were being taxed based on the number of wheels they had.  These taxes were implemented in the South primarily as the South had superior numbers of horses and wheeled vehicles when compared to the North.  Europe, however, still used carriage transportation far more often and on a much larger scale than anywhere else in the world.
[[File:Naghs Jahan Horses.JPG|thumb|upright=1.14|Tourists horse-drawn taxis in [[Naghsh-i Jahan Square]], Esfahan.]]

Carriages and coaches began to disappear as use of steam propulsion began to generate more and more interest and research.  Steam power quickly won the battle against animal power as is evident by a newspaper article written in England in 1895 entitled "Horseflesh vs. Steam".<ref>Mechanical Road Carriages: Horseflesh V. Steam. The British Medical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1823 (Dec. 7, 1895), pp.&nbsp;1434–1435. BMJ Publishing Group</ref>  The article highlights the death of the carriage as the means of transportation.

Nowadays, carriages are still used for day-to-day transport in the United States by some minority groups such as the [[Amish]]. They are also still used in the [[tourism]] as vehicles for [[sightseeing]] in cities such as [[Bruges]], [[Vienna]], [[New Orleans]], and [[Little Rock, Arkansas]].

The most complete working collection of carriages can be seen at the [[Royal Mews]] in London where a large selection of vehicles is in regular use.  These are supported by a staff of liveried coachmen, footmen and postillions.  The horses earn their keep by supporting the work of the Royal Household, particularly during ceremonial events.  Horses pulling a large carriage known as a "covered brake" collect the Yeoman of the Guard in their distinctive red uniforms from St James's Palace for Investitures at Buckingham Palace; High Commissioners or Ambassadors are driven to their audiences with The Queen in [[landau (carriage)|landaus]]; visiting heads of state are transported to and from official arrival ceremonies and members of the Royal Family are driven in Royal Mews coaches during Trooping the Colour, the Order of the Garter service at Windsor Castle and carriage processions at the beginning of each day of Royal Ascot.

==Construction==

===Body===
[[File:Elizabethboweslyonandkinggeorgeincanada.jpg|thumb|upright=1.14|right|[[George VI]] and [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Queen Elizabeth]] in a landau with footmen and a postillion, riding on the near wheel horse, controlling both teams of horses. Canada 1939]]
Carriages may be enclosed or open, depending on the type.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Horse Carriage Parts Horse Drawn Vehicle | url=http://www.liveryone.net/parts.shtml | publisher=Great Northern Livery Company, Inc. | date=2003-10-30 | accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref>  The top cover for the body of a carriage, called the ''head'' or ''hood'', is often flexible and designed to be folded back when desired. Such a folding top is called a ''bellows top'' or ''[[calash]]''. A ''hoopstick'' forms a light framing member for this kind of hood. The top, roof or second-story compartment of a closed carriage, especially a diligence, was called an ''imperial''. A closed carriage may have side windows called ''quarter lights'' (British) as well as windows in the doors, hence a "glass coach". On the forepart of an open carriage, a screen of wood or leather called a ''[[dashboard]]'' intercepts water, mud or snow thrown up by the heels of the horses. The dashboard or carriage top sometimes has a projecting sidepiece called a ''wing'' (British). A ''foot iron'' or ''footplate'' may serve as a carriage step.

A carriage driver sits on a ''box'' or ''perch'', usually elevated and small. When at the front it is known as a ''dickey box'', a term also used for a seat at the back for servants. A [[footman]] might use a small platform at the rear called a ''footboard'' or a seat called a ''[[rumble seat|rumble]]'' behind the body. Some carriages have a moveable seat called a ''jump seat''. Some seats had an attached backrest called a ''lazyback''.

The shafts of a carriage were called ''limbers'' in English dialect. ''Lancewood'', a tough elastic wood of various trees, was often used especially for carriage shafts. A ''holdback'', consisting of an iron catch on the shaft with a looped strap, enables a horse to back or hold back the vehicle. The end of the tongue of a carriage is suspended from the collars of the harness by a bar called the ''yoke''. At the end of a [[trace (tack)|trace]], a loop called a ''cockeye'' attaches to the carriage.

In some carriage types the body is suspended from several leather straps called ''braces'' or ''thoroughbraces'', attached to or serving as springs.

===Undergear===
Beneath the carriage body is the ''undergear'' or ''undercarriage'' (or simply ''carriage''), consisting of the running gear and chassis.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Basic Carriage Gear Horse Drawn Vehicles | url=http://www.liveryone.net/gear.shtml | publisher=Great Northern Livery Company, Inc. | date=2003-11-02 | accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> The wheels and axles, in distinction from the body, are the ''running gear''. The wheels revolve upon bearings or a spindle at the ends of a bar or beam called an ''axle'' or ''axletree''. Most carriages have either one or two axles. On a four-wheeled vehicle, the forward part of the running gear, or ''forecarriage'', is arranged to permit the front axle to turn independently of the fixed rear axle. In some carriages a '[[dropped axle]]', bent twice at a right angle near the ends, allows a low body with large wheels. A guard called a ''dirtboard'' keeps dirt from the axle arm.

Several structural members form parts of the chassis supporting the carriage body. The fore axletree and the splinter bar above it (supporting the springs) are united by a piece of wood or metal called a ''futchel'', which forms a socket for the pole that extends from the front axle. For strength and support, a rod called the ''backstay'' may extend from either end of the rear axle to the reach, the pole or rod joining the hind axle to the forward bolster above the front axle.

A skid called a ''drag'', ''dragshoe'', ''shoe'' or ''skidpan'' retards the motion of the wheels. A catch or block called a ''trigger'' may be used to hold a wheel on a declivity.

A horizontal wheel or segment of a wheel called a ''[[Fifth wheel coupling|fifth wheel]]'' sometimes forms an extended support to prevent the carriage from tipping; it consists of two parts rotating on each other about the kingbolt above the fore axle and beneath the body. A block of wood called a ''headblock'' might be placed between the fifth wheel and the forward spring.

===Pony trap or horse trap===
[[File:Old horse cart at Snowshill Manor.jpg|thumb|right|An old horse trap at [[Snowshill Manor]]]]
A '''trap''', '''pony trap''' or '''horse trap''' is a light, often sporty, two-wheeled or sometimes four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, accommodating usually two to four persons in various seating arrangements, such as face-to-face or back-to-back.

===Tonga/tanga (Indian horse carriage)===
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A '''tanga''' ([[Hindi]]: टाँगा, [[Urdu]]: ٹانگہ, [[Bengali language|Bengali]]: টাঙ্গা) or '''Tonga''' is a light horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in [[India]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Bangladesh]]. Tangas are a popular mode of transportation because they are fun to ride in, and are usually cheaper to hire than a [[Taxicab|taxi]] or [[Auto rickshaw|rickshaw]]. However, in many cities, tangas are not allowed to use highways because of their slow pace. In [[Pakistan]], tangas are mainly found in the older parts of cities and towns, and are becoming less popular for utilitarian travel and more popular for pleasure. Tangas have become a traditional feature of [[weddings]] and other social functions in Pakistan, as well as in other nations. They are usually pulled by two horses, though some require only one. Others are designed for farm work. The room under the seats is sometimes used by the coachman (locally called "coach-waan") to keep his horse's food and sometimes to keep luggage, if required.

Tangas are used for economic activity, mainly to carry heavy goods within the city limits.<ref>[http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/transport/carts/30011.htm kamat's Potpourri: Carts of India – Horse Pulled Carriage (Tonga)]</ref>

Tangas were the most common means of transport in urban India and Pakistan until the early 1980s. Although [[autorickshaw]]s have overtaken them in popularity, tangas are still common today in many cities and villages.

===Volante===
A '''volante''' is a two-wheeled, one- or two-passenger Spanish carriage formerly much used in [[Cuba]]. The axle was behind an open, hooded body. The carriage was driven by a rider on the horse.

===Araba===
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<!-- Missing image: [[File:Chevalier Auguste de Henikstein - Araba. Voiture de Constantinople.jpg|thumb|Araba, [[Ottoman Empire]], 1825]] -->
An '''araba''' (from [[Arabic]]: عربة, ''araba'' or {{lang-tr|araba}}<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/araba "araba."] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. MICRA, Inc. 28 Feb. 2009.</ref>) (also '''arba''' or '''aroba''') is a carriage (such as a [[Cabriolet (carriage)|cabriolet]] or [[coach (carriage)|coach]]), [[wagon]] or [[cart]] drawn by horses or oxen, used in [[Turkey]] and neighboring [[Middle East]]ern countries. It is usually heavy and without springs, and often covered.

===Words related to carriages===
The names of many of these have now passed into obscurity but some have been adopted to describe automotive [[car body style]]s:  ''coupé,'' ''victoria,'' ''[[Brougham (car body)|brougham]],'' ''[[Landau (car)|landau]]'' and ''[[Landau (car)|landaulet]]'', ''cabriolet'' (giving us our ''cab''), ''[[Phaeton body|phaeton]],'' and ''[[limousine]]'' – all these once denoted particular types of carriages.

==Miscellany==
[[File:HansomCab.jpg|thumb|[[Hansom]] cab and driver adding character to period filming]]
[[File:WeddingCarriage.JPG|thumb|[[Bride]] descending from a decorated wedding carriage]]
[[File:Cartelajf.JPG|thumb|right|upright|Cartela (or "Kartela", a [[Philippine]] horse carriage, in art (8 Waves Waterpark & Hotel [http://www.8waveswaterpark.com.ph/][[San Rafael, Bulacan]]).]]
A man whose business was to drive a carriage was a ''[[coachman]]''. A servant in livery called a ''[[footman]]'' or ''piquer'' formerly served in attendance upon a rider or was required to run before his master's carriage to clear the way. An attendant on horseback called an ''outrider'' often rode ahead of or next to a carriage. A ''carriage starter'' directed the flow of vehicles taking on passengers at the curbside. A ''hackneyman'' hired out horses and carriages. When hawking wares, a ''hawker'' was often assisted by a carriage.

Upper-class people of wealth and social position, those wealthy enough to keep carriages, were referred to as ''carriage folk'' or ''carriage trade''.

Carriage passengers often used a ''lap robe'' as a blanket or similar covering for their legs, lap and feet. A ''buffalo robe'', made from the hide of an [[American bison]] dressed with the hair on, was sometimes used as a carriage robe; it was commonly trimmed to rectangular shape and lined on the skin side with fabric. A ''carriage boot'', fur-trimmed for winter wear, was made usually of fabric with a fur or felt lining. A ''knee boot'' protected the knees from rain or splatter.

A [[horse]] especially bred for carriage use by appearance and stylish action is called a ''carriage horse''; one for use on a road is a ''road horse''. One such breed is the ''[[Cleveland Bay]]'', uniformly [[Bay (horse)|bay]] in color, of good conformation and strong constitution. Horses were broken in using a bodiless carriage frame called a ''break'' or ''brake''.

A ''[[Carriage dog]]'' or ''Coach Dog'' is bred for running beside a carriage.

A roofed structure that extends from the entrance of a building over an adjacent driveway and that shelters callers as they get in or out of their vehicles is known as a ''carriage porch'' or ''[[porte cochere]]''. An outbuilding for a carriage is a ''coach house'', which was often combined with accommodation for a [[groom]] or other servants.

A ''[[livery stable]]'' kept horses and usually carriages for hire. A range of stables, usually with ''[[carriage house]]s'' (''remises'') and living quarters built around a yard, court or street, is called a ''[[mews]]''.

A kind of dynamometer called a ''peirameter'' indicates the power necessary to haul a carriage over a road or track.

==Competitive driving==
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In most European and English-speaking countries, driving is a competitive equestrian sport. Many [[horse show]]s host driving competitions for a particular style of driving, breed of horse, or type of vehicle. Show vehicles are usually carriages, [[cart]]s, or [[horse and buggy|buggies]] and, occasionally, [[sulky|sulkies]] or [[wagon]]s. Modern high-technology carriages are made purely for competition by companies such as Bennington Carriages.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bennington.co.uk |title=Bennington Carriages homepage}}</ref> in England.
Terminology varies: the simple, lightweight two- or four-wheeled show vehicle common in many nations is called a "cart" in the USA, but a "carriage" in Australia.

Internationally, there is intense competition in the all-round test of driving: [[combined driving]], also known as ''horse-driving trials'', an equestrian discipline regulated by the [[Fédération Équestre Internationale]] (International Equestrian Federation) with national organizations representing each member country. World championships are conducted in alternate years, including single-horse, horse pairs and four-in-hand championships. The [[World Equestrian Games]], held at four-year intervals, also includes a four-in-hand competition.

For [[pony]] drivers, the World Combined Pony Championships are held every two years and include singles, pairs and four-in-hand events.

==Types of horse-drawn carriages==
[[File:Wien Stefansdom fiaker DSC02643.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.91|In Vienna, rentable [[Landau (carriage)|landau]]s called ''[[Fiacre (carriage)|Fiacre]]s'' carry tourists around the old city.]]

An almost bewildering variety of horse-drawn carriages existed. Arthur Ingram's ''Horse Drawn Vehicles since 1760 in Colour'' lists 325 types with a short description of each. By the early 19th century one's choice of carriage was only in part based on practicality and performance; it was also a status statement and subject to changing fashions. The types of carriage included the following:

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*[[Araba (carriage)|Araba]]
* [[Barouche]]
* [[Berlin (carriage)|Berlin]]
* [[Brake (carriage)|Brake]]
* [[Britzka]]
* [[Brougham (carriage)|Brougham]]
* [[Horse and buggy|Buggy]]
* [[Cabriolet (carriage)|Cabriolet]]
* [[Calash]]
* [[Cape cart]]
* [[Cariole]]
* [[Carryall]]
* [[Chaise]]
* [[Chariot (carriage)|Chariot]]
** [[Chariot]]
*** [[Biga (chariot)|Biga]]
*** [[Triga (chariot)|Triga]]
* [[Clarence (carriage)|Clarence]]
* [[Coach (carriage)|Coach]]
* [[Coupé]]
* [[Croydon (carriage)|Croydon]]
* [[Curricle]]
* [[Dogcart]]
* [[Dos-à-dos (carriage)|Dos-à-dos]]
* [[Drag (carriage)]]
* [[Droshky]] ([[Drozhki]])
* [[Ekka (carriage)|Ekka]]
* [[Fiacre (carriage)|Fiacre]]
* [[Fly (carriage)|Fly]]
* [[Four-in-hand (carriage)|Four-in-hand]]
* [[Gharry]]
* [[Gig (carriage)|Gig]]
* [[Gladstone carriage|Gladstone]]
* [[Governess cart]]
* [[Hackney carriage#History|Hackney]]
* [[Hansom]]
* [[Hearse]]
* [[Herdic]]
* [[Horse and buggy]]
* [[Jaunting car]]
* [[Karozzin]] (Maltese horse cariage)<ref>[[Karozzin]]</ref>
* [[Landau (carriage)|Landau]]
* [[Limousine (carriage)|Limousine]]
* [[Mail coach]]
* [[One-horse carriage]]
* [[One-horse shay]]
* [[Park Drag]]
* [[Phaeton (carriage)|Phaeton]]
* [[Post chaise]]
* [[Randem]]
* [[Ratha]]
** [[Temple car]]
* [[Road Coach]]
* [[Rockaway (carriage)|Rockaway]]
* [[Sociable (carriage)|Sociable]]
* [[Spider phaeton]]
* [[Sprung cart]]
* [[Stagecoach]]
* [[Stanhope (carriage)|Stanhope]]
* [[Sulky]]
* [[Surrey (carriage)|Surrey]]
* [[Tarantass]] (Tarantas)
* [[Tanga (carriage)|Tonga / Tanga]] (Indian Horse Carriage)
* [[Telega]]
* [[Tilbury (carriage)|Tilbury]]
* [[Trap (carriage)]]
* [[Troika (driving)|Troika]]
* [[Un-sprung cart]]
* [[Victoria (carriage)|Victoria]]
* [[Village cart]]
* [[Vis-à-vis (carriage)|Vis-à-vis]]
* [[Voiturette (carriage)|Voiturette]]
* Volante
* [[Wagonette]]
* [[Whim (carriage)|Whim]]
* [[Whiskey (carriage)|Whiskey]]
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==Carriage collections==

===Australia===
*Cobb + Co Museum – National Carriage Collection, [[Queensland Museum]], Toowoomba, Queensland.<ref>[http://www.cobbandco.qm.qld.gov.au/Events+and+Exhibitions/Exhibitions/Permanent/National+Carriage+Collection Cobb + Co Museum, National Carriage Collection]</ref>
*The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Carriage Collection

===Austria===
*Museum of Carriages and Department of Court Uniforms, [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]], Vienna.<ref>[http://www.khm.at/en/museum-of-carriages-and-department-of-court-uniforms/ Museum of Carriages and Department of Court Uniforms]</ref>

===Belgium===
* VZW Rijtuigmuseum Bree, [[Bree, Belgium|Bree]], [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]]<ref>[http://www.rijtuigmuseum.be VZW Rijtuigmuseum Bree]</ref>
* De Groom Carriage Center Bruges, [[Brugge, Belgium|Brugge]], [[West-Vlaanderen (Belgium)|West Flanders]]
* Koestenmuseum Verdonckt

===Brazil===
[[File:MHN03.jpg|thumb|right|Permant exhibit featuring carriages of the imperial era at the National Historical Museum of Brazil]]
* [[National Historical Museum (Brazil)|National Historical Museum]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
* [[Museu Imperial|Imperial Museum]] in [[Petrópolis]], Brazil

===Canada===
* The [[Remington Carriage Museum]] in [[Cardston, Alberta, Canada]]
* The Campbell Carriage Factory Museum in [[Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada]]
* Kings Landing Historical Settlement in Prince William, New Brunswick, Canada, has a large collection of horse and oxen drawn vehicles.

===Denmark===
* Royal Carriage Museum, [[Christiansborg Palace]], [[Copenhagen]]

===Egypt===
*[[Carriage Museum (Egypt)|Carriage Museum]]

===France===
*[[Palace of Versailles]]
**The Versailles Stables<ref>[http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/141_The_Stables.php The Versailles Stables]</ref>

===Germany===
*Museum of Carriages and Sleighs in the former Royal Stables (Marstallmuseum), [[Nymphenburg Palace]], Munich<ref>[http://www.schloesser.bayern.de/englisch/palace/objects/ny_marst.htm Museum of Carriages and Sleighs]</ref>
* Hesse Museum of Carriages and Sleighs in [[Lohfelden]] near Kassel<ref>[http://www.kutschenmuseum.de/ Hesse Museum of Carriages and Sleighs]</ref>

===Netherlands===
*Nationaal Rijtuigmuseum, [[Leek, Groningen|Leek]] in [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]].<ref>[http://www.rijtuigmuseum.nl/engels/index.htm Nationaal Rijtuigmuseum]</ref>

===Poland===
[[File:1 Lancut 084.jpg|thumb|[[Łańcut Castle]], the exhibit of carriages]]
* [[Łańcut Castle]]

===Portugal===
* [[National Coach Museum (Lisbon)|National Coach Museum (''Museu dos Coches'')]], Lisbon<ref>[http://www.museudoscoches-ipmuseus.pt/en/coleccao.htm NCM – Collection.]</ref>
* [[Geraz do Lima Carriage museum]]

===United Kingdom===
* [[Mossman Collection]], Luton, Bedfordshire<ref>[http://www.luton.gov.uk/internet/Leisure_and_culture/Museums_and_galleries/Stockwood%20Park/The%20Mossman%20Carriage%20Collection Mossman Collection Website]</ref>
* [[Royal Mews]] at Buckingham Palace, London.<ref>[http://www.royalinsight.gov.uk/output/Page5023.asp Royal Mews]</ref>
* Swingletree Carriage Collection. John Parker Swingletree Carriage Driving, Swingletree, Wingfield, Nr. Diss, Norfolk<ref>[http://www.swingletree.co.uk/carriages(1).htm Swingletree Carriage Collection.]</ref>
* National Trust Carriage Museum, [[Arlington Court]], near [[Barnstaple]], [[Devon]]<ref>[http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-arlington-carriage-list.pdf National Trust Carriage Museum]</ref>
* The [[Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of Carriages]], Maidstone, Kent<ref>[http://www.museum.maidstone.gov.uk/tyrwhittdrake/ The Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of Carriages]</ref>

===United States===
[[File:Crossing the Mississippi on the Ice by C.C.A. Christensen.png|thumb|Crossing the [[Mississippi]] on the ice, 19th century]]
* Florida Carriage Museum, Weirsdale, Florida. Formerly Austin Carriage Museum.<ref>[http://www.fcmr.org Florida Carriage Museum]</ref>
* Skyline Farm Carriage Museum, North Yarmouth, Maine<ref>[http://www.skylinefarm.org Skyline Farm Carriage Museum]</ref>
* The Carriage Collection of the Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head, Maine.<ref>[http://www.ohtm.org/carr_page.html The Carriage Collection of the Owls Head Transportation Museum]</ref>
* The Carriage Museum, Washington, Kentucky<ref>[http://www.washingtonky.com/carriage_museum.htm The Carriage Museum]</ref>
* [[Carriage Museum of America]], Lexington, Kentucky<ref>[http://www.carriagemuseumlibrary.org Carriage Museum Library]</ref>
* [[Henry Ford Museum]], Dearborn, Michigan<ref>[http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/collections/Collections/transportation/horsedrawn.asp Horse Drawn Vehicles]</ref>
* [[Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages|The Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages]], Stony Brook, New York
* [[Pioneer Village (Utah)#Carriage Hall|Pioneer Village, Farmington, Utah.]]<ref>[http://www.farmingtonstar.com/carriagehall.html Carriage Hall]</ref>
* Thrasher Carriage Museum, Frostburg, Maryland<ref>[http://www.thrashercarriage.com/thrashercarriage/index.htm Thrasher Carriage Museum]</ref>
* [[Sylvanus Wade House|The Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum]], Greenbush, Wisconsin<ref>[http://wadehouse.wisconsinhistory.org The Wesley W Jung Carriage Museum]</ref>
* [[Shelburne Museum]], Shelburne, Vermont
* Forney Museum of Transportation, Denver, Colorado<ref>[http://www.forneymuseum.org Forney Museum of Transportation]</ref>
* Mifflinburg Buggy Museum, Mifflinburg, PA.  Only museum in US that preserves an original intact 19th century carriage factory.<ref>[http://www.buggymuseum.org Mifflinburg Buggy Museum]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Horse-drawn vehicle]]
* [[Horse harness]]
* [[Driving (horse)]]
* [[Howdah]] (carriage positioned on the back of an elephant or camel)
* [[Wagon]]

==Notes==
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==Further reading==
* Bean, Heike, & Sarah Blanchard (authors), Joan Muller (illustrator), ''Carriage Driving: A Logical Approach Through Dressage Training'', Howell Books, 1992. ISBN 978-0-7645-7299-9
* Berkebile, Don H., ''American Carriages, Sleighs, Sulkies, and Carts: 168 Illustrations from Victorian Sources'', Dover Publications, 1977. ISBN 978-0-486-23328-4
* Boyer, Marjorie Nice. "Mediaeval Suspended Carriages". ''Speculum'', v34 n3 (July 1959): 359–366.
* Boyer, Marjorie Nice. ''Mediaeval Suspended Carriages''. Cambridge, Mass.: The Mediaeval Academy of America, 1959. {{oclc|493631378}}.
* Bristol Wagon Works Co., ''Bristol Wagon & Carriage Illustrated Catalog, 1900'', Dover Publications, 1994. ISBN 978-0-486-28123-0
* Elkhart Manufacturing Co., ''Horse-Drawn Carriage Catalog, 1909'' (Dover Pictorial Archives), Dover Publications, 2001. ISBN 978-0-486-41531-4
* Hutchins, Daniel D., ''Wheels Across America: Carriage Art & Craftsmanship'', Tempo International Publishing Company, 1st edition, 2004. ISBN 978-0-9745106-0-6
* Ingram, Arthur, ''Horse Drawn Vehicles since 1760 in Colour'', Blandford Press, 1977. ISBN 978-0-7137-0820-2
* King-Hele, Desmond. "Erasmus Darwin's Improved Design for Steering Carriages—And Cars". ''Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London'', 56, no. 1 (2002): 41–62.
* Kinney, Thomas A., ''The Carriage Trade: Making Horse-Drawn Vehicles in America'' (Studies in Industry and Society), The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-8018-7946-3
* Lawrence, Bradley & Pardee, ''Carriages and Sleighs: 228 Illustrations from the 1862 Lawrence, Bradley & Pardee Catalog'', Dover Publications, 1998. ISBN 978-0-486-40219-2
* Museums at Stony Brook, ''The Carriage Collection'', Museums, 2000. ISBN 978-0-943924-09-0
* Nelson Alan H. "Six-Wheeled Carts: An Underview". ''Technology and Culture'', v13 n3 (July 1972): 391–416.
* Richardson, M. T., ''Practical Carriage Building'', Astragal Press, 1994. ISBN 978-1-879335-50-9
* Ryder, Thomas (author), Rodger Morrow (editor), ''The Coson Carriage Collection at Beechdale'', The Carriage Association of America, 1989. {{oclc|21311481}}.
* Wackernagel, Rudolf H., ''Wittelsbach State and Ceremonial Carriages: Coaches, Sledges and Sedan Chairs in the Marstallmuseum Schloss Nymphenburg'', Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH, 2002. ISBN 978-3-925369-86-5
* Walrond, Sallie, ''Looking at Carriages'', J. A. Allen & Co., 1999. ISBN 978-0-85131-552-2
* Ware, I. D., ''Coach-Makers' Illustrated Hand-Book, 1875: Containing Complete Instructions in All the Different Branches of Carriage Building'', Astragal Press, 2nd edition, 1995. ISBN 978-1-879335-61-5
* Westermann, William Linn. "On Inland Transportation and Communication in Antiquity". ''Political Science Quarterly'', v43 n3 (September 1928): 364–387.
* "Colonial Roads and Wheeled Vehicles". ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', v8 n1 (July 1899): 37–42. {{oclc|4907170562}}.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Carriages}}
* [http://libmedia.cc.stonybrook.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/p3006coll5&CISOPTR=976&REC=1 ''19th century American carriages: Their manufacture, decoration and use''.] By Museums at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 1987. Long Island Digital Books Project, CONTENTdm Collection, Stony Brook University, Southampton, New York.
* [http://www.english.uncc.edu/arauch/Transport.html 19th Century Transportation-Carriages.] University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
* [http://www.likesbooks.com/carriages.html All About Romance Novels – Carriages in Regency & Victorian Times.]
* [http://www.car-nection.com/yann/Dbas_txt/Sty_apdx.htm Appendix to Cadillac "Styling" section (coaching terminology).] The Classic Car-Nection: Yann Saunders, Cadillac Database. Drawings and text
* [http://www.caaonline.com/caa_content.asp?PageType=Dept&Key=15 CAAOnline: Carriage Tour] Carriage Association of America. Photos and text.
* [http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu Calisphere – A World of Digital Resources.] Search ''carriage''. University of California. Hundreds of photos.
* [http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111463/carriagehouse.htm Carriage House] and [http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111463/carriageparts.htm Carriage parts.] ThinkQuest Library. Illustrations and text.
* [http://www.colonialcarriage.com Colonial Carriage Works – America's Finest Selection of Horse Drawn Vehicles.] Columbus, Wisconsin.
* [http://rack1.ul.cs.cmu.edu/is/driving ''Driving for Pleasure, Or The Harness Stable and its Appointments'' by Francis Underhill, 1896.] Carnegie Mellon University. A comprehensive overview, with photographs of horse-drawn carriages in use at the turn of the 19th century. Full text free to read, with free full text search.
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=f5oDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1076&vq=XXIII&source=gbs_search_r&cad=0_1 ''An Encyclopædia of Domestic Economy, Comprising Subjects Connected with the Interests of Every Individual''..., by Thomas Webster and William Parkes, 1855.] Book XXIII, Carriages. Google Book Search.
* [http://enc.slq.qld.gov.au/logicrouter/servlet/LogicRouter?PAGE=object&OUTPUTXSL=object_enc36ui.xslt&pm_RC=PICTQLD&pm_OI=30267&pm_GT=Y&pm_IAC=Y&api_1=GET_OBJECT_XML&num_result=0 Doctor Brown with horses and carriage, Charters Towers, ca. 1890] This photo is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=apw7AAAAMAAJ ''English Pleasure Carriages: Their Origin, History, Varieties, Materials, Construction, Defects, Improvements, and Capabilities: With an Analysis of the Construction of Common Roads and Railroads, and the Public Vehicles Used on Them; Together with Descriptions of New Inventions'' by William Bridges Adams, 1837.] Google Book Search.
* [http://www.guildofmodelwheelwrights.org/newsite03/vehicles/pas_4wheel.html Four wheeled vehicles.] The Guild of Model Wheelwrights.
* [http://www.sil.si.edu/ImageGalaxy/imageGalaxy_collResult.cfm?term=Carriages%20and%20Sleighs Galaxy of Images | Smithsonian Institution Libraries.] Carriages and sleighs.
* [http://www.georgianindex.net/horse_and_carriage/carriages.html Georgian Index – Carriages.] Georgian Index. Illustrations and text.
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=UVs1AAAAMAAJ ''The History of Coaches'', by George Athelstane Thrupp, 1877.] Google Book Search.
* [http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/galleries/Transportation/horse-drawn_transportation.htm Horse-drawn Transportation Clipart etc.] Educational Technology Clearinghouse, University of South Florida. Drawings.
* [http://www.jasnanorcal.org/ink9.htm JASNA Northern California Region.] Jane Austen Society of North America. Illustrations and text.
* [http://www.arnkarnk.plus.com The Kinross Carriageworks, Stirling (Scotland), 1802–1966.]
* [http://www.lexiqueducheval.net/lexique_attelage_engl.html Lexique du cheval! Lexikon of Carriage driving].
* [http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B31436833 ''Modern carriages'', by W. Gilbey, 1905.] The University of Hong Kong Libraries, China–America Digital Academic Library (CADAL).
* [http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/CAR_CAU/CARRIAGE.html Online Information article about ''carriage''] Originally appearing in the 1911 [[Encyclopaedia Britannica]].
* [http://www.guildofmodelwheelwrights.org/newsite03/vehicles/pas_2whl1.html Passenger Vehicles] The Guild of Model Wheelwrights. Illustrations and text.
* [http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?x9=CARTS+AND+CARRIAGES Science and Society Picture Library – Search] Illustrations and text.
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=1-gNAAAAYAAJ ''Treatise on Carriages. Comprehending Coaches, Chariots, Phaetons, Curricles, Whiskeys, &c. Together with Their Proper Harness. In Which the Fair Prices of Every Article are Accurately Stated'', by William Felton, coachmaker, 1794.] Google Book Search.
* [http://www.txtransportationmuseum.org/Horse.htm TTM web] Texas Transportation Museum, San Antonio. Photos and text.
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D0CE7DD1439E43BBC4151DFB667838A669FDE Wheeled vehicles.] The New York Times, October 29, 1871, page 2.

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