Carriage frame

Carriage frame (Period)

Carriage frame (Period)

A carriage frame is the understructure of a horse-drawn carriage, comprising the wheels, axles, and chassis.  It’s a period charge, found in the canting arms of da Carrara, lords of Padua, as early as 1413 [Conz.Const. clviº].  The carriage frame is palewise by default.

Leonarda Maria Carrera bears:  Gules, a carriage frame argent.

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