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Prior to the nineteenth century, carriages were mostly used as functional transportation for the European upper class. However, in the mid nineteenth century, coachbuilders, along with carpenters, painters, seamstresses, and various artisans began building carriages with artistic flair. During this time, the horse drawn carriage went from simple transportation, to families possessing multiple carriages for special occasions like weddings and funerals, while having other carriages for display, or some to function as fast, light travel.
Nearing the twentieth century, carriage driving, or ‘coaching’ became more of an upper-class sport than an efficient travel method. Around this time both the steam locomotive and the automobile were becoming more mainstream, and thus transportation by carriage was no longer needed.
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