Chaise Mauve

Chaise

A chaise, sometimes called shay, is a light two-wheeled carriage for one or two people. It may also have a folding hood. The coachmaker William Felton (1796) considered chaises to be a family of vehicles which included all two-wheel one-horse vehicles such as gigs and whiskies. A similar carriage pulled by two-horses is identified as a curricle.

Mauve

Mauve is a pale purple color named after the mallow flower. The first use of the word mauve as a color was in 1796–1798 according to the Oxford English Dictionary, but its use seems to have been rare before 1859. Another name for the color is mallow, with the first recorded use of mallow as a color name in English in 1611.

chaise

Noun

1. An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.
2. A chaise longue.

mauve

Noun

1. A rich purple synthetic dye, which faded easily, briefly popular c. 1859‒1873 and now called mauveine.
2. A pale purple or violet colour, like the colour of the dye after it has faded.

Adjective

1. Having a pale purple colour.