State coach

[4] State coaches were built by the best coachbuilders with excellent craftsmanship and the finest finishes.

The interiors are trimmed in silks and the exteriors decorated with elaborate paintings, figures, coats of arms, gilt-work, and hammercloths.

... dressed in appropriately ornate livery coats, richly embellished with gold cords and strappings, worn with silk knee breeches, silk stockings, buckled shoes, and a cocked hat.Many state coaches were constructed to be convertible.

"Daumont" is a corruption of the French d'Aumont from the 8th Duke of Aumont who preferred this manner of travel.

[2]: 121 [1]: 62 Early state coaches in England were drawn by cream-colored horses of Hanoverian blood.