Personal Landaulet of Empress Elisabeth ("Sisi")

This small carriage, well-suited for city traffic painted with refined court colours was used with an open roof in good weather. It was build for Kaiserin Elisabeth who took it on journeys with her and used it for the last time at Lake Geneva before her assassination. Manufacturer: Carl Marius, Vienna
© Monica Kurzel-Runtscheiner: Crane Neck and Gold Crepine. Courtly Splendour and Contemporary art – a confrontation, Exhibition Catalogue, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna 2004