 In the imperial coaches no great magnificence was to be seen ; they were covered over with red cloth and black nails. The harness was black, and in the whole work there was no gold. The panels were of glass, and on this account they were called the imperial...  A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins - Page 60by Johann Beckmann - 1846 - 518 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Johann Beckmann - Inventions - 1814 - 508 pages
...harness was " black, and in the whole work there was no gold. " The pannels were of glass, and on this account " they were called the imperial glass coaches....distinguished " only by their having leather traces ; but the la" dies in the imperial suite were obliged to be con" tented with carriages the traces of which were... | |
 | Johann Beckmann - 1817 - 572 pages
...harness was " black, and in the whole work there was no gold. " The pannels were of glass, and on this account " they were called the imperial glass coaches....distinguished " only by their having leather traces ; but the la" dies in the imperial suite were obliged to be con" tented with carriages the traces of which were... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 694 pages
...harness was black, and in the whole work there was no gold. The pannels were of glass, and on this account they were called the imperial glass coaches....ornamented with red silk fringes. The imperial coaches were distingnislied only by their having leather traces ; tmt the ladies in the imperial suite were obliged... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1833 - 874 pages
...The harness was black, and in the whole work there was no gold. The panels were of glass, and on this account they were called the imperial glass coaches....having leather traces ; but the ladies in the imperial cuite were obliged to be contented with carriages the traces of which were made of ropes." At the magnificent... | |
 | William Bridges Adams - 1837 - 382 pages
...The harness was black, and in the whole work there was no gold. The panels were of glass, and on this account they were called the imperial glass coaches. On festivals the harness was ornamented with silk fringe. The imperial coaches were distinguished by their having leathern traces ; but the ladies... | |
 | George Grant (author of Panorama of science.) - Inventions - 1852 - 268 pages
...The harness was black, and in the whole work there was no gold. The panels were of glass, and on that account they were called the imperial glass coaches....the ladies in the imperial suite were obliged to be content to be conveyed in carriages, the traces of which were made of ropes." At the magnificent court... | |
 | Book - 1853 - 230 pages
...Spanish princess, cost with the harness 38,000 florins. The imperial carriages were distinguished only by leather traces, but the ladies in the imperial suite were obliged to content themselves with those the traces of which were made of ropes." Public coaches were first introduced... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Industries - 1872 - 1318 pages
...The harness was black, and in the whole work there was no gold. The panels were of glass, and on this account they were called the imperial glass coaches....carriages the traces of which were made of ropes." A decidedly inferior style was that of the ambassador of Brandenburg, at the election of the Emperor... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Industries - 1872 - 1318 pages
...harness was black, and in the whole work there was no gold. Tin' panels were of glass, and on this account they were called the imperial glass coaches....ornamented with red silk fringes. The imperial coaches were distinguishe-i only by their having leather traces ; but the ladies in the imperial suite were obliged... | |
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