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Description: | The Carriage collections housed in the Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum are of outstanding importance, on a national scale. The vehicles comprise the core of the collection. There are 31 vehicles in the permanent collection, and 28 on loan to the Museum as follows: 1 early British carriage on loan from the Trustees of the Victoria & Albert Museum; 4 major carriages vehicles owned by museum and 3 on loan from the Trustees of the Victoria & Albert Museum, Earl of Dudley and Lord Leigh; 1 coaching vehicle on loan from Mrs Bryce Salomons; 5 everyday coachman-driven carriages owned by the museum and 2 on loan from Major DM Stanley (late) and Whitehall Security Corporation; 2 Brakes/Wagonettes owned by the museum; 4 owner-driven four wheelers owned by the museum and 1 on loan from the Executors of HRH Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyle; 2 owner-driven two wheelers owned by the museum and 2 on loan from the Executors of HRH Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyle; 1 public hire vehicle owned by the museum; 3 early Foreign carriages on loan from the Trustees of The Victoria & Albert Museum and Queen Victoria's Family Carriages Collection (6 vehicles) on loan from the Trustees of The Victoria & Albert Museum.
Other vehicles in the collection comprise: 3 sleighs owned by the museum and 4 on loan from the Trustees of the Victoria & Albert Museum and Cobtree Charity Trust Ltd; 2 Sedans owned by the museum and 2 on loan from the Trustees of The Victoria & Albert Museum and Cobtree Charity Trust Ltd; 1 trade vehicle owned by the museum and 1 on loan from R.W. Poole; 1 children's carriage owned by the museum and 1 on loan from the Trustees of the Broomham Estate and 1 invalid vehicle owned by the museum and 1 on loan from Brighton Corporation.
The associated collections include a small number of models and toys, harnesses and associated artefacts such as horse brasses, shoe studs, spurs, bits, stirrups, saddle bags, pillion saddle, side saddles, driving reins and saddle cloths, whips, luggage items, hammercloth heraldic devices, coach panels, carriage door, elbow springs, bronze bust of Tyrwhitt-Drake, section of rubber tyre, carriage rugs, blankets, the Green Collection of coach building tools and other tools and two lamps from Napoleon III's carriage on loan from Cobtree Charity Trust Ltd. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | The Archbishops' Stables
Mill Street
Maidstone
Kent,
ME15 6YE | FAX: | 01622 602 193 | Telephone: | 01622 754497 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:4757 | Go to resource |
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