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Charette

Part of the collection: Vehicles and harnesses

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A charette is a passenger and cargo carriage, two-wheeled for one horse. It was purchased from the English company Thorn Norfolk Carriage Works. This open passenger and cargo carriage in black colour is one of two wheel carriages which were not used for outings kept with the Łańcut coach room of the Potocki family. This two-wheeled charette with two slightly bent drawbars at the front has an angular panelled body with low walls. The back wall of the body is lowered on chains and due to this, the transport area is increased. Inside, there are two two-person seats: the main one forward-facing, for driving with a back rest and behind it, a rear-facing bench. Both seats, upholstered in brown leather, share the nickel-plated openwork side railings assembled by the upper edge of the walls. The charette is varnished in black, with very thin golden stripes on the body and lining on the wheels. It was one of few carriages from the Potocki coach house to undergo a thorough renovation in the renowned company owned by the Bogajewicz family in Pniewy Szamotulskie, which operated between 1890 and 2015. Aldona Cholewianka-Kruszyńska

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Other names

Charette

Author / creator

Thorn Norfolk Carriage Works

Object type

Vehicles and harnesses

Technique

installation

Material

metal, wood

Origin / acquisition method

decyzja administracyjna

Creation time / dating

19th / 20th century

Creation / finding place

powstanie: Norfolk (Europe, United Kingdom)

Owner

Castle Museum in Łańcut

Identification number

S.4876MŁ

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