Wittelsbach State and Ceremonial Carriages - 2 Volumes

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Wittelsbach State and Ceremonial Carriages - 2 Volumes
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Wittelsbach State and Ceremonial Carriages - 2 Volumes
686 pages
color and b&w photos
Hard cover with dust jacket in slipcase
32 x 24 cm
5,096 kg
Volume 1 : English & German/Deutsch
Volume 2 : Only German/Deutsch


The Nymphenburg Castle Marstallmuseum is, with the State Carriage Museums in Lisbon and Vienna, one of the largest internationally known collections of historic state and ceremonial carriages.

The two volumes of the present work, written in close collaboration with the Bavarian Administration of State Castles, Gardens and Lakes, represent the first complete survey of the Munich state carriages. The 34 carriages, two sedan chairs and nine sleighs in the collection are of consummate design and workmanship.

The Marstall exhibits range from the Louis XIV period represented by the work of the first Paris coach builder to work by the Strasbourg master coach builder Johann Christian Ginzrot, culminating in a brilliant achievement: the coaches and sleighs made for the Bavarian "fairy-tale monarch", Ludwig II, which were entirely gilt and lavishly tricked out with exquisite embroidery and furs.

In Vol. 1 (plates, text in German and English) the carriages are succinctly and clearly presented in both sumptuous full views and detail photos.

Vol. 2 (text, in German language only!) contains exhaustive descriptions of the exhibits. Moreover, Vol. 2 provides important fresh insights into the history of coach building, based on recent research.