Skip to main content

Curricles (carriages)

Scope note

Use for light, two-wheeled carriages, open or hooded, akin to gigs and chaises but, instead of having shafts, equipped with traces and a center pole to be drawn by two horses abreast; popular in England and the United States from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century, although production continued into the early 20th century.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000226546

Broader Terms used

<two-wheeled carriages>

Equivalent Terms used

curricle (carriage)

Created

13yrs ago

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Terminology definition for: curricles (carriages)" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/terminology/term-97692 Accessed: 2024-12-19 03:12:06

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/terminology/term-97692|title=Terminology definition for: curricles (carriages)|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-19 03:12:06|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/terminology/term-97692

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...