The Ledge is sometimes called the Cottage wagon (see
illustration). It has a narrow base with upright sides, but from a point about
18in from the floor the body is built out on ledges over the wheels to a width
similar to that of the Reading. The ledges are reinforced by scrolling brass
supports which rest on projecting cross-beams at floor level. The match-boarding
of the side walls projects front and back and is cut to form the porch-brackets,
which are decorated with pieces of carving, usually gilded, and strengthened by
thin iron brace curved to the shape of the brackets.
©From The English Gypsy Caravan by C.H.
Ward-Jackson & Denis E. Harvey 1973 Edition
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