Velocipede
Category
Carriages & other vehicles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron, Leather, Paint, Wood
Measurements
1270 x 1828 mm; 952 mm (Diameter); 800 mm (Diameter)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338859
Summary
Bicycle; Velocipede - Iron frame painted green, lined white, with step. Varnished dark wooden wheels. Later leather seat, made by Lycett, Birmingham (who were taken over by Brooks in 1920). String brake missing. In notebook no.5, page 101 (1340945.5) Charles Wade refers to: 'Large garret Ten specimens with wooden wheels no. 6 With dark wood wheels. Green frame. Worcester.'
Provenance
CPW item 66 - from Worcester 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