Vis-a-Vis means face to face and describes the seating arrangement in this vehicle. The vis-a-vis is now a popular wedding carriage. The bride and/or groom sits facing forward while their attendants sit facing them.

This model was made for my younger son and daughter-in-law for the occasion of their wedding.

Again the vehicle is my design and is not specific to a particular carriage but rather the style. Due to the low under-floor in the front portion I had to add lock chains to stop the wheels rubbing under the body, a design fault, but not fatal.



Main body and storage box is Salu-Salu. The under-body is off-cuts of sap-wood Rimu veneer, while wheel felloes and spokes, and driver footboard is heart Rimu from an old door sill. Carvings are Birch wood.

The folding hood is leather as is the floor covering and seats. The running lights were made from a piece of unknown hard-wood and brass with coloured cut glass as the light lens and are removable. All metal work is brass.