Brewster & Co. Artworks collected in Metmuseum
Brewster & Company was an American custom carriage-maker and automobile coachbuilder founded by James Brewster in 1810 and active almost 130 years. Brewster began in New Haven, Connecticut and quickly established a reputation for building America's finest carriages. He opened his first New York City showroom at 52 Broad Street in 1827. Brewster's first known bodywork on an automobile was on an electric car in 1896, then a gasoline-powered Delaunay-Belleville chassis in 1905. Eventually they built bodies on chassis from a variety of makers, winning a particular link with Rolls-Royce America Inc at Springfield. Between 1915-1925 they produced a line of opulent and expensive automobiles at their plant in Long Island City. The Great Depression began in 1929 and luxury car sales declined. In 1934-35 they built and sold luxury bodies on 135 Ford V8 chassis, but bankruptcy proceedings began in mid-1935 and the last of Brewster's assets were sold by auction in 1937. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_%26_Co.
Half Panel Cutter #3804
title: Half Panel Cutter #3804
department: Drawings and Prints
accessionYear: 1923
Design for Rumble Sleigh, no. 3952
title: Design for Rumble Sleigh, no. 3952
department: Drawings and Prints
accessionYear: 1923
Design for Victoria Sleigh, no. 3736
title: Design for Victoria Sleigh, no. 3736
department: Drawings and Prints
accessionYear: 1923
Design for Victoria Sleigh, no. 3551
title: Design for Victoria Sleigh, no. 3551
department: Drawings and Prints
accessionYear: 1923
Half Panel Sleigh #3806
title: Half Panel Sleigh #3806
department: Drawings and Prints
accessionYear: 1923
Design for Sleigh with Dickey Seat, no. 3848
title: Design for Sleigh with Dickey Seat, no. 3848
department: Drawings and Prints
accessionYear: 1923
Design for Rumble Sleigh, no. 3484a
title: Design for Rumble Sleigh, no. 3484a
department: Drawings and Prints
accessionYear: 1923