buggy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30204
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.103.1
- Description
- Box style buggy with shafts for a single horse. There is no top. The seat is built up from the sides of the box. There is a hinged lid at the rear behind the seat. It is covered with a heavy canvas. The covered space goes through and underthe seat. The box is equiped with a step and a wheel rub plate on each side. There is a foot rest inside the box. The box is suspended from the two eliptical springs, one over each axle. The wheels are black and the running gear and shafts are red. The seat is upholstered in leather in a diamond tufted pattern. The dash is old leather over a metal frame and has nickle plated trim which has been bent on the top left side. There are very faint pin-stipes and flower painted decoration on the black finish of the body.
- Measurements
- Over all measurements Lth 244 cm. Wth 166 cm. Ht (ground to back of seat) 151 cm.
- Box measurements Lth 141 cm. Wth 62 cm. Ht (base of box to seat back) 79 cm.
- Shafts measurements Lth 236 cm. Wth (at base of shafts) 102 cm.
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Carriages
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