Carriage shaft
Category
Vehicle parts & accessories
Date
1890
Materials
Metal, Wood
Measurements
1830 mm (Length)175 mm (Circumference)
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National Trust Carriage Museum
NT 272903.2.1
Summary
Shaft (one of a pair) for the Victoria built for Lord Stanhope by Pfiel Stedall & Son in 1903.
Full description
Shaft (one of a pair) for the Victoria built for Lord Stanhope by Pfiel Stedall & Son in 1903. Panel Boot Victoria with skeleton lower quarters and curved bottom line from back of body to the footboard. No occasional seat and fixed heelboard. Single seat rails to coachman’s seat. Head on single straight joints. On full elliptic springs. In black livery with red lining and Stanhope cypher on both side and rear panels, and black leather interior trim. With one leather buttoned cushion and detachable leather apron. This carriage was built in the early 1900s and was a gift from the Trustees of the Chevening Estate, Kent. It has been fully conserved. It belonged to Lord Stanhope and is painted in his colours. It could be driven to either a single horse, when shafts would be fitted, or a pair, which need a splinter bar and a pole. Victorias are open carriages, driven by a coachman with a footman sitting next to him. The low comfortable body carries two, or occasionally three if it has a folding seat stowed in the back of the boot. The low access, elegant style and comfortable seating made the Victoria very popular with ladies for fine weather use.
Provenance
Property of the late Lord Stanhope