Velocipede
Sparrow
Category
Carriages & other vehicles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paint, Dough, Vegetal, Iron, Rope
Measurements
1308 mm (Height); 1778 mm (Length); 1003 mm (Diameter); 787 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Piccadilly
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338867
Summary
Bicycle - Velocipede, iron frame, diamond section down-tube, painted black, lined white. Wooden wheels, painted red, lined white. Leather saddle, adjustable along crossbar. Wooden block pedals. Wooden handle grips of differing designs. Rope-operated brake on rear wheel. Oval plaque on rear of crossbar: ‘Sparrow 89 Piccadilly.’
Provenance
Bought from Heston, Kent Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Sparrow