This coach has an unusual amount of white striping on the body and the carving has been emphasized by the addition of a white outline.
FORMAL COACH
Body painted dark green with black top. Trimmed in dark green leather and broadcloth with dark green padded satin ceiling.
Traditionally, one of the first carriages in England was the coach brought out of the Netherlands by a Dutchman as a gift to Queen Elizabeth “who had been seven years a queen before she had any coach.”
The coach through the years maintained its place as the “chief of every class,” and so while many vehicle-constructing concerns could add the designation—“carriagebuilder”—after their business names, only a few deserved the appellation—“coachmaker.”
This formal or dress coach was used in and around Bennington, Vermont. It was built by Jas. Cunningham Sons & Co., Rochester, New York.
Gift of the directors of the Henry M. Tuttle Company, of Bennington, Vermont, in memory of Mr. Fred Stickles, for many years president of that company.