Design for 6 seat Phaeton, no. 3792
1883
Medium
Pen and black ink watercolor andd gouache with gum arabic
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 15/16 in. (16.8 x 22.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William Brewster, 1923
Accession Number
23.112.971
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of 19th-century coachbuilding with *Design for 6 Seataeton, no. 3792* by Brewster & Co., a 1883 drawing now housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints. Created on a modest sheet measuring just 6 5/8 x 8 15/16 inches, this piece captures the firm's vision for a luxurious open carriage—a phaeton seating six passengers. Brewster & Co., New York's premier carriage makers during the Gilded Age, to America's elite, crafting vehicles that blended speed, style, and status before the automobile age dawned. The design showcases the phaeton's light, four-whee...
About the Artist
Brewster & Co.
**Brewster & Co.** Brewster & Company, a premier American coachbuilder renowned for its exquisite carriage designs, was established in 1810 in New Haven, Connecticut, by James Brewster (1788–1866). Born in 1788, Brewster trained as a wagonmaker's apprentice starting at age 16 in Northampton, Massachusetts, before relocating to New Haven, where he set up his workshop and quickly gained acclaim for...