attelage-patrimoine

It is not a carriage ride without a proper picnic. Bring your own basket, 1880's style / Il n'y a pas de promenade en voiture sans un pique-nique digne de ce nom... Apportez votre propre panier, à la manière des années 1880.

Par Mario Broekhuis

Wasps in the jam, ants in the tea, a smell of bracken and grass. What makes a pleasure drive more enjoyable then a picnic halfway? Carriage driving and picnics go together. But what to bring for a delicious meal and refreshing drink, how to behave and...

UN GRAND ÉVÉNEMENT

Par Emanuela Brumana

Par Emanuela Brumana. Photo credits Mario Moretti, Gianni Rusconi, OKFoto, Claudio Ventadori Pour la 9° année consécutive, par un magnifique week-end de juin, a eu lieu le Concours International d’attelages de Tradition " La Venaria Reale ". Ce concours...

Robert McKerrow’s Reynard The fox on the box / Robert McKerrow Reynard Le renard sur le siège

Par Mario Broekhuis

Robert Craig McKerrow lived a turbulent and sporty life. Involved in several divorces and traveling to India to set thoroughbreds on the turf, he found his favourite pastime on the box of a coach. From 1910 on he put the Reynard on the Windsor road, a...

Liste des 171 lots de la vente de voitures et objets d'attelage de Gizeux le 14 septembre.

Par figoli

ATTELAGES SOUS LE MARTEAU, Collection d'un des derniers carrossiers hippomobiles français à Gizeux Vente de 171 lots; voitures hippomobiles dont un road coach, accessoires, lanternes, nombreux outillages, pièces détachées dont 10 paires de roues neuves,...

A Wonderful Time at Chateau Dobbeleer / Un Moment Merveilleux au Château Dobbeleer

Par Mario Broekhuis

In a German private collection, there is an omnibus mail from the De Dobbeleer family of Frasnes-les-Gosselies, Belgium. When 46 glass negatives of carriages related to this striking vehicle surfaced, a search for the story behind it began—a task that...

The Greyhound and the catskins; Earl of Shrewsbury’s horse drawn adventures / Le Greyhound et les catskins; Les aventures hippomobiles du Comte de Shrewsbury

Par Mario Broekhuis

Its body was painted white, the undercarriage vermillion. The Greyhound had to take the steepest hills and go down on the most tortuous roads twisting like a corkscrew. For two years the Earl of Shrewsbury ran his coach from Buxton to Alton Towers. The...

Driving Club History in a Button. L'histoire des clubs d'attelage en un bouton

Par Mario Broekhuis

Private Driving Club, brass, marked Badge and Button Company, London, 1973- (waistcoat 1.7 cm). Private Driving Club, laiton, marqué Badge and Button Company, Londres, 1973- (gilet 1,7 cm). The more distinctive driving and coaching clubs were and are...

CIAT Forêt de Tronçais 1° Septembre Dossier d'inscription

Par figoli

Master Wright, "a thin coachman would be an outrage". Maitre Wright, "un cocher maigre serait un scandale".

Par Mario Broekhuis

On his throne of the Lord Mayor’s State Coach. Sur son trône du carrosse d'apparat du Lord Maire. Weighing eighteen stone (252 pound) Alfred Wright made quite an impression on the hammer cloth of the Lord Mayor of London’s State Coach. Being for half...

Concours International d’Attelage de Tradition (ITDM) Snellegem 21 juillet 2024

Par Patrick Magnaudeix