Velocipede
Category
Carriages & other vehicles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron, Leather, Paint, Wood
Measurements
1194 x 1372 mm; 749 mm (Diameter); 660 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338857
Summary
Bicycle; Velocipede - Iron frame painted black, lined with white. Wooden wheels painted vermillion lined with white. Leather saddle. Rope operated brake. Metal seat covered with leather. Wooden handlebar grips. In notebook no.5, page 101 (1340945.5) Charles Wade refers to: 'Large garret 10 Specimens with wooden wheels. No.10 With red wheels, a small machine for a boy. Fr Wymondham, Norfolk'.
Provenance
From Wymondham, Norfolk Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 5 Second Floor, 1944, Page 101