IV. VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT

There were different kinds of vehicles, essencially the coach (for passengers) and the cart (for loads and merchandise) which kept on developing according to their use. The coach appeared for the first time in Spain in the XVI century. During the XVII century it was very much in use, especially in Madrid, and in the XVIII century it was extensively used in the whole of Spain. The coach consisted of a carriage, a mechanical structure and harness and could be built with two or four wheels. We have on show different kinds of carriages: private covered coaches (a tartana, a berlin and a coupe berlin); public covered coaches (an omnibus, a stage coach and a hearse); typical open carriages (a calash, a chaise, a tonneau, a charrete). We also have a sleigh, two sedan chairs and an Italian polichrome cart from the XIX century. Lastly we have a splendid collection of saddles of different types and times like sidesaddles, childrens saddles, Spanish saddles, French saddles, Portuguese saddles, English saddles, Arab saddles,...