Design for Dos-a-Dos Phaeton, no. 4065
Medium
Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache with gum arabic
Dimensions
sheet: 6 5/16 x 8 5/8 in. (16 x 21.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William Brewster, 1923
Accession Number
23.112.616
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of 19th-century coachmaking with *Design for Dos-a-D Phaeton, no. 4065*, a delicate 1890 drawing by Brewster & Co., with detailing by Herman Stahmer This compact sheet (6 5/16 x 8 5/8 in.) captures refined lines of a dos-à-dos phaeton—a, open carriage where passengers face opposite directions, perfect for leisurely drives by the Gilded Age elite. Produced by New York's premier carriage firm, Brewster & Co., renowned for crafting vehicles for tycoons and royalty, it exemplifies the pinnacle of pre-automobile luxury transport. Created at the twilight of the horse-dra...
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...