Baptiste THOMAS & Associés - Lot 49

Baptiste THOMAS & Associés Four studies of a light carriage (with retractable step), a long-spring carriage, a "sociables à vasistas" and a baby carriage [yellow], Ink, watercolor and varnish drawings on cardboard. One carriage with retractable step. Three stamped "Thomas Bté" - one exhibition stamped "Thomas Baptiste...". Some protected by peel paper (stained). 15.5 x 29.8 cm - 16.4 x 27.4 cm - 17.2 x 27 cm - 15 x 28 cm. Soiling, accidents and minor damage to the boards, particularly at the edges. (Jean-)Baptiste THOMAS, famous coachbuilder of horse-drawn carriages, active in Paris from 1820 to 1877. His workshop was located around the Drouot district, rue de Provence, then rue Le Peltier in the 1820-1830s. In 1830, the magazine "La Mode" referred to him as "Le premier des carrossiers de Paris". Under the July Monarchy and the Second Empire, the workshops moved to the Champs-Elysées. He established partnerships with other coachbuilders, notably between 1845 and 1850, with ROBERT, rue du chemin vert. Few cars from his workshops have survived to the present day.