A table of the proper servants’ wear for city and country, arranged by
vehicles.
NOTE.—In many cases trousers matching coat may be substituted for boots
and breeches; circumstances, principally those concerned with formality,
must govern.
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VEHICLE │MEN │ CITY │ COUNTRY
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Beach (or morning) │ 1│Dress; trousers │Undress; trousers
phaeton │ │ │
Booby sleigh │ 2│Dress or undress │Undress or dress
Break │ 2│Dress or undress; │Undress or dress;
│ │ trousers │ trousers
Brougham │1 or│Dress; boots and │
│ 2│ breeches │
Caleche │ 2│Dress; boots and │
│ │ breeches │
Chaise │ 1│Dress; boots and │
│ │ breeches or │
│ │ trousers; better │
│ │ form without a │
│ │ servant │
Coach │ 2│Dress; boots and │
│ │ breeches │
Cocking cart │ 1│Dress; boots and │Undress; breeches and
│ │ breeches or trousers│ leggins
Coupe │1 or│Dress; boots and │
│ 2│ breeches │
Curricle │ 1│Dress; boots and │
│ │ breeches │
Cutter │ 1│Dress or undress │Undress or dress
Dog cart │ 1│Dress; boots and │Undress; breeches and
│ │ breeches │ leggins
D’Orsay │ 2│Dress; boots and │
│ │ breeches │
Dos-a-dos │ 1│Dress; boots and │Undress; breeches and
│ │ breeches │ leggins
Extension top phaeton│ 1│Dress; trousers │Undress; trousers
Game cart │ 1│Dress; boots and │Undress; breeches and
│ │ breeches │ leggins
George IV (or lady’s │ 1│Dress; boots and │
driving phaeton) │ │ breeches │
Gig phaeton │ 1│Dress; boots and │
│ │ breeches │
Golf cart │ 1│Dress; boots and │Undress; breeches and
│ │ breeches │ leggins
Hansom │ 1│Dress or undress; may │Undress or dress; may
│ │ wear a plain black │ wear a plain black
│ │ cutaway coat, felt │ cutaway coat, felt
│ │ top hat, breeches │ top hat, breeches
│ │ and leggins, in │ and leggins, in
│ │ rainy weather a │ rainy weather a
│ │ mackintosh cape │ machintosh cape
Ladies’ driving │ │See George IV │
phaeton │ │ │
Landau │ 2│Dress; boots and │
│ │ breeches │
Landaulet │ 1│Dress; boots and │
│ │ breeches │
Mail phaeton │ 2│Dress; groom’s livery │
│ │ boots and breeches │
Morning phaeton │ │See Beach phaeton │
Omnibus │ 2│Dress; afternoon or │Undress; trousers
│ │ evening, boots and │
│ │ breeches; morning │
│ │ trousers │
Park drag │ 2│Dress; groom’s livery,│
│ │ boots and breeches │
Phaeton │ 1│Dress; trousers │Undress; trousers
Road coach │ 2│ │Dress; boots and
│ │ │ breeches, or,
│ │ │ undress; breeches
│ │ │ and leggins
Rockaway │ 1│Dress; trousers │Undress; trousers
Runabout │ 1│Dress or undress │Undress or dress
Skeleton break │ 2│ │Undress; breeches and
│ │ │ leggins
Spider phaeton │ 1│Dress; boots and │
│ │ breeches │
Stanhope │ 1│Dress; boots and │
│ │ breeches │
Station wagon │ 1│ │Undress; trousers
Surrey │ 1│Dress; trousers │Undress; trousers
T cart │ 1│Dress; boots and │
│ │ breeches │
Tandem cart │ 1│Dress; boots and │Undress; breeches and
│ │ breeches │ leggins
Tilbury │ 1│Dress; boots and │
│ │ breeches │
Top wagon │ 1│ │Undress; trousers or
│ │ │ breeches and
│ │ │ leggins
Unicorn break │ 1│Dress; boots and │Undress; breeches and
│ │ breeches │ leggins
Victoria │1 or│Dress; boots and │
│ 2│ breeches │
Vis-a-vis │ 2│Dress; boots and │
│ │ breeches │
Wagonette │ 1│Dress or undress; │Undress or dress;
│ │ trousers │ trousers
Whitechapel cart │ 1│Dress; boots and │Undress; breeches and
│ │ breeches │ leggins
│ │ │
│ │ AUTOMOBILES │
Brougham │ 2│Dress or undress; │
│ │ greatcoats │
Ladies’ runabout │ 1│Undress; trousers │Undress; trousers
Runabout │ 1│Undress; trousers │Undress; trousers
Surrey │ 1│Dress; military coat, │Undress; trousers
│ │ trousers │
Touring car │1 or│Undress; greatcoats │Undress; greatcoats
│ 2│ │
Victoria │ 2│Dress; trousers │Undress; trousers
Victoria (rear drive)│ 1│Dress; trousers │Undress; trousers
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