Phaeton [ Transport ]
… dangerous to drive, the phaeton was the supercar of the eighteenth century. Men and women alike imbued the phaeton with meaning as a sociable practice and how one drove one’s phaeton was an indicator to others of your character. Objects … conditions for pleasure-driving to take off as an elite leisure activity. Phaetons were one- or two-person carriages with an open-top, open-sided lightweight body that sat atop four wheels, with two larger wheels at the back and two smaller wheels at the front. Some had detachable hoods, usually made from …
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