Brougham (wagon)
The Brougham is a single-horse, four-wheeled, closed carriage design for two passengers (plus a third on the driver's seat), named after the English Lord Chancellor Lord Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868) who had such a carriage for the first time around 1838 made. Broughams are built rather low, the front part looks like "cut off".
Broughams were very common between 1840 and 1900.
variants
- Brougham landaulet with a folding top over the stern
- Double Brougham with two rows of seats facing each other
- Country Brougham
- Brougham Depot
- Growler ( Depot Hack )
- Coupé with folding child seat with the back facing the direction of travel
- Clarence , longer version with additional bench in the front part of the carriage
- Extension-front Brougham , American name for Coupé and Clarence
Other uses of the term
Based on this type of carriage, various car body shapes were created , in the pioneering days with 2 or 4 seats for chauffeur operation and for self-drive. These were derived from the carriage. The designation was mainly used in the USA; it was used for electric cars such as the Detroit Electric until the 1920s. In conventional car construction, the term was used in variations, for example as a Sport Brougham with mostly two side windows, leather cover on the roof and functionless storm bars as a decorative element on the wide C-pillar . The Coupé de Ville was usually referred to as the Town Brougham in the United States . The connection to luxury automobiles led many US automobile manufacturers such as Cadillac , Chevrolet , Chrysler , Mercury , Oldsmobile or American Motors to label the most expensive versions of the respective model series with the addition of Brougham or Town Brougham . The equipment often comprised (upholstered) full or half vinyl roofs , indicated storm bars and lamps called coach lamps in the B-pillar .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online on the Brougham as a carriage design (English, accessed February 10, 2012)