Design for Brougham, no. 3775a
Medium
Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache with gum arabic and metallic ink
Dimensions
sheet: 6 7/16 x 8 13/16 in. (16.4 x 22.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William Brewster, 1923
Accession Number
23.112.270
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of 19th-century carriage design with *Design for Brougham no. 3775a*, a meticulously crafted drawing from 1882 by the renowned New York firm Brewster & Co., with design attributed to Herman Stahmer. This sheet (6 7/16 x 8 13/16 in.) captures the blueprint for a brougham—a sleek, enclosed four-wheeled carriage by the Gilded Age elite for its refined style and privacy, complete with an exposed driver's seat. Brewster & Co., established in 1810, was America's premier carriage maker, crafting bespoke vehicles for tycoons, presidents like Ulysses S. Grant, and European ...
About the Artist
Brewster & Co.|Herman Stahmer
**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...