Q) I’m doing a bit of research regarding the Brougham carriage and am wondering if you could answer a question for me? How would passengers get the attention of the driver in an enclosed Brougham? Would they knock on the glass or was there some mechanism built in? And is the glass separating the passenger […]
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Q. I am restoring a Brougham and the top is no longer waterproof. It is covered with some material that has been thickly painted but what the material is I cannnot determine. I have read somewhere that leather was used, stretched on wet. This might be difficult to replace, was any other kind of material
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The Vehicle: The Brougham (pronounced “brooam”, “broom” or “brohm”) is a familiar sight in Victorian era movies and books. The four-wheeled, one-horse carriage was very popular during the 1800s, owing its name and design to Lord Chancellor Brougham, a fashion forward gentleman. The Lord Chancellor wanted a vehicle for a gentleman, built along the lines
