BY MULLINER OF NORTHAMPTON, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A LATE VICTORIAN DARK GREEN-JAPANNED AND LIVERY-PAINTED LADY'S PHAETON
BY MULLINER OF NORTHAMPTON, LATE 19TH CENTURY
With folding black leather calash hood enclosing a black buttoned leather-lined interior with conforming lap cover, with curved railed dashboard with lamp-holders and two black-japanned carriage lamps (not illustrated in the photograph) with umbrella tops by H. SMITH NORTHAMPTON, the rear coachman's seat with buttoned green cloth-covered squab cushion, with elliptical suspension and on iron-rimmed wooden spoke wheels, marked on each wheel hub 'MULLINER NORTHAMPTON', poor condition overall
82 in. (208 cm.) high; 57 in. (146 cm.) wide; 123 in. (313 cm.) long
Rear wheels 38 in. (98.5 cm.) diameter
Front wheels 26 in. (66 cm.) diameter
BY MULLINER OF NORTHAMPTON, LATE 19TH CENTURY
With folding black leather calash hood enclosing a black buttoned leather-lined interior with conforming lap cover, with curved railed dashboard with lamp-holders and two black-japanned carriage lamps (not illustrated in the photograph) with umbrella tops by H. SMITH NORTHAMPTON, the rear coachman's seat with buttoned green cloth-covered squab cushion, with elliptical suspension and on iron-rimmed wooden spoke wheels, marked on each wheel hub 'MULLINER NORTHAMPTON', poor condition overall
82 in. (208 cm.) high; 57 in. (146 cm.) wide; 123 in. (313 cm.) long
Rear wheels 38 in. (98.5 cm.) diameter
Front wheels 26 in. (66 cm.) diameter
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