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 Stagecoach with six horses in 3-D
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This spectacular 3-D version of the famous bank symbol is our crown jewel.
The first picture is to compare with a flat version so you can see the difference. The fourth picture without the trees was just sent to the CEO of Wells Fargo in San Francisco.
51'' long X 22'' high X 3'' deep, with all curved horse and carriage pieces for the real 3-D look.
Built high and wide to handle the rough, rutted roads of a new country, the design of a classic American vehicle was perfected in Concord, New Hampshire. Carriage builder J. Stephens Abbot and master wheelwright Lewis Downing built the famed stagecoaches of Wells Fargo & Co.
The unique feature of these coaches was the suspension. Instead of steel springs, the coach body rested on leather “thoroughbraces,” made of strips of thick bullhide. This feature spared the horses from jarring and gave the stagecoach a (sometimes) gentle rocking motion, leading Mark Twain to call it, “An imposing cradle on wheels.” (Roughing It, 1870)
Concord Coaches weighed about 2,500 pounds, and cost $1,100 each, including leather and damask cloth interior..
This masterpiece is for the serious collector of Western lore.
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