Object number
59/120/7
Description
This saddle is part of the harness for a carthorse. It is made of leather with brass trimmings. The harness was used on the Godman Estate in Horsham, West Sussex, and at Pepper Gate Farm in Lower Beeding, West Sussex.
Physical description
1 horse saddle: leather; wood; metal [brass]
Label Text
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>3. <B>Cart Saddle</B><P> The cart saddle sits on a horse's back and consists of a wooden frame surrounded by leather with a rigid channel in the centre. This was designed to take a chain running from the shafts of a cart on either side and over the back of the horse. In this way, a small part of the weight of the cart, perhaps a tenth, was supported and balanced by the horse, making the process of pulling the vehicle much easier.<P> This is part of two sets of cart harness that were collected in 1958 and had been used for many years on a farm at Horsham in Sussex.<P> 59/120/7</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV><DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>5. <B>Cart Saddle</B><P> The cart saddle sits on a horse's back and consists of a wooden frame surrounded by leather with a rigid channel in the centre. This was designed to take a chain running from the shafts of a cart on either side and over the back of the horse. In this way, a small part of the weight of the cart, perhaps a tenth, was supported and balanced by the horse, making the process of pulling the vehicle much easier. <P> This is part of two sets of cart harness that were collected in 1958 and had been used for many years on a farm at Horsham in Sussex.<P> 59/120/7</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_3145.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5599.tif - High resolution image
