National Coach Museum

The Collection


Cabriolet

Promenade vehicle used by the Royal Family in their Palace gardens.

Cabriolet
1
Its body is open and decorated with plant motifs.
2
The door to the vehicle is in the front and is opened by raising the front leather panel.
3
The rear panel displays the shield with the Royal Coat of Arms and has a seat for the groom.
4
The interior is lined in red-ochre velvet.
5
There are two wooden arcs extending downward from the wheel axles which served as shock absorbers in the event that one of the wheels should come loose.

Some Facts

  • Century
  • 18th
  • Vehicle
  • promenade
  • Work
  • Portuguese
  • Inv
  • V 0057
  • Dimensions
  • 420 x 132 x 55 cm

1 – Its body is open and decorated with plant motifs.

2 – The door to the vehicle is in the front and is opened by raising the front leather panel.

3 – The rear panel displays the shield with the Royal Coat of Arms and has a seat for the groom.

4 – The interior is lined in red-ochre velvet.

5 – There are two wooden arcs extending downward from the wheel axles which served as shock absorbers in the event that one of the wheels should come loose.

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