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Carriages and coaches

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Carriages and coaches refer to horse-drawn vehicles designed for passenger transport, characterized by their enclosed or open structures, wheels, and suspension systems. This field of study encompasses historical, technological, and cultural aspects of these vehicles, examining their design evolution, usage, and impact on transportation and society from antiquity to the modern era.
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Carriages and coaches refer to horse-drawn vehicles designed for passenger transport, characterized by their enclosed or open structures, wheels, and suspension systems. This field of study encompasses historical, technological, and cultural aspects of these vehicles, examining their design evolution, usage, and impact on transportation and society from antiquity to the modern era.
The paper is devoted to the "great transport revolution" in Russia. The author shows that the users of passenger carriages in the Moscow state of the late Middle Ages were mostly women from aristocratic families. Aristocratic men usually... more
A set of 19th-century furniture in black lacquer, on papier-mâché or on turned wood, has been subjected to an in-depth observational, historical and chemical study. The results show four different technological approaches: two for the... more
Seit dem 16. Jahrhundert, dem Beginn der sogenannten kleinen Eiszeit, verbreitete sich in vielen europäischen Ländern das Schlittenfahrten mit edlen Gespannen. Es begann mit fürstlichen Spielen und Paraden, ging über zu Maskeraden und... more
Auger Lucas (1685-1765) comenzó una prometedora carrera como pintor en París a principios del siglo XVIII, que le llevó a ganar el Grand Prix de Rome a los veinte años y a ser admitido en la Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture... more
Présents, marchandises et objets de prestige à la Cour de Moldavie au XVIe siècle Les relations commerciales de la Moldavie forment un des sujets qui ont constamment retenu l’intérêt des médiévistes roumains. Des documents publiés depuis... more
Conferencia impartida en el seno de las Jornadas "Casas Museo: una mirada de género y clase" celebradas los días 24 y 25 de octubre de 2022 en el Museo Nacional de Cerámica y Artes Suntuarias "González Martí".
Postal horns have been associated traditionally with bucolic topics in music. From Mozart to Mahler, the instrument appears in orchestral textures and songs to signify nostalgia for preindustrial rural life. The history of the coach horn,... more
Bon cavalier et bon meneur dès sa jeunesse en Suisse, Louis Napoléon Bonaparte perfectionna ses talents durant ses séjours en Angleterre. Devenu président, puis empereur des Français, il porta la construction hippomobile parisienne au... more
This paper provides a historical review of copal varnishes used for horse-drawn vehicles. The resin sources are identified in the context of modern botanical taxonomy and their chemistry is reviewed. Important developments in the... more
A float that has been used for religious processions in the small town of Camarena, Spain, since 1728 is here identified as a coach made in 1697 in the workshop of Cristoforo Schor in Naples for the new Spanish ambassador to the Holy See,... more
Johann Christian Ginzroth (1764-1831) constructed and designed carriages at the bavarian court in Munich at the beginning of the 19th. cent. Even without any classical education he studied the history of carriage-technique and -design in... more
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