barouche
Sign in to savethumbnail|Barouche in Livrustkammaren, Stockholm, Sweden
Wikidata facts
- Has part
- seat
- Image
- 00 1823 Horse-drawn carriages.jpg
- Said to be same as
- calèche
- Has use
- passenger transport
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- Commons category
- Barouches
- maximum capacity
- 6
- different from
- calèche
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Development and variations
- Description of the barouche carriage
- In literature
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
thumbnail|Barouche in Livrustkammaren, Stockholm, Sweden
A barouche is a large, open, four-wheeled carriage, both heavy and luxurious, drawn by two horses. It was fashionable throughout the 19th century. Its body provides seats for four passengers, two back-seat passengers (face-to-face) two behind the coachman's high box-seat. A leather roof can be raised to give back-seat passengers some protection from the weather.
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