BERLIN or BERLINE, a four-wheeled carriage with a separate hooded seat behind, detached from the body of the vehicle; so called from having been first used in Berlin. It was designed about 1670, by a Piedmontese architect in the service of the elector of Brandenburg. It was used as a travelling carriage, and Swift refers […]
A brougham is a type of closed horse drawn carriage which was invented in the early 19th century and used extensively throughout the Victorian era. The style of the design was also used in the design of early automobiles, and some car companies continued to produce a “Brougham” model through the 1960s. Horse drawn broughams […]
Basket wagon : light carriage of any shape, whose upper elements are partly made of basket-work (wickerwork).
     
barouche (Barouchette)
A four-wheel carriage of german origin introduced in Britain around 1760 and widely known as ‘German Wagon’. The barouche had full undercarriage and lower quarters but no upper panels and was only partly covered by a rearward or half-hood. Passengers normally faced in the direction of travel, altough some vehicles had folding seats, on […]