Postcard Versailles Musee des Voitures Coronation Coach RPPC France c1950

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View Postcard Versailles Musee des Voitures Coronation Coach RPPC France c1950 with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. The photograph captures the full side profile of the vehicle in the museum's carriage hall, surrounded by partial views of other historic vehicles, conveying the astonishing scale of this royal conveyance. Dripping with gilded angels, regal crests, and velvet fringe, the spectacular Coronation Coach (Voiture du Sacre) fills the frame of this official Versailles museum photograph — one of the most opulent horse-drawn vehicles ever built, now preserved in the Musée des Voitures at the Château de Versailles. The coach, used for the coronation ceremonies of French kings, is a masterpiece of 18th-century decorative arts: its body panels painted with allegorical figures, its roof surmounted by a crown supported by winged Victories blowing trumpets, and every surface encrusted with gilt sculpture. The photograph captures the full side profile of the vehicle in the museum's carriage hall, surrounded by partial views of other historic vehicles, conveying the astonishing scale of this royal conveyance. This is an official Édition des Musées Nationaux card, number 50, bearing the "RF — Château de Versailles" stamp on the reverse — a card likely purchased by a mid-century visitor awestruck by France's royal heritage. SKU: PC-02785 Condition: Used. Category: Collectibles › Postcards & Supplies › Postcards › Topographical Postcards.

Type

Postcard

Era

RPPC

Country/Region of Origin

France