Design for Glass Panel Coach, no. 3179
1875
Medium
Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache
Dimensions
sheet: 6 15/16 x 9 1/2 in. (17.6 x 24.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William Brewster, 1923
Accession Number
23.112.175
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of 19th-century luxury travel with *Design for Glass Panel Coach no. 3179* by Brewster & Co., created in 1875. Renowned New York carriage makers, Brewster & Co. crafted bespoke vehicles for America's elite during the Gilded Age, craftsmanship with opulence. This delicate drawing, gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Brewster in 1923, captures a proposed design for a glass panel coach—a sophisticated carriage featuring transparent panels that offered passengers panoramic views while maintaining privacy and style. Rendered in pen and black ink with watercolor ...
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...