Included in this year's 40th Anniversary Carriage Auction, held by Martin Auctioneers in Lebanon, Penn., April 29-30, will be four vehicles that the CMA is deaccessioning from its Robert Fletcher collection. These four vehicles are a Brewster-made Skeleton Boot Victoria (c. 1890); a Brewster-made Bronson Wagon (1906); a Tandem Gig (c. 1895); and a Stanhope Gig (c. 1895).
The money raised from the sale of these four vehicles will go toward the conservation of a Chaise, built c. 1820.
This vehicle — one of the rare gems in the CMA's permanent collection — was the two-wheeled version of a Booby Hut Sleigh. The body could be detached and used with the specially made sleigh cradle. Both pieces are currently being assessed by conservator Brian Howard.
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this Chaise was built c. 1820 and could be used as a wheeled vehicle ... (photo courtesy of the CMA)
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