Part 1: Victor Morel and his time Chapter I: High Society and the art of living in Paris at the end of the nineteenth century Chapter II: Paris "capital" of beautiful carriages Chapter III: A first-rate house: Victor Morel, coach builder Part 2: The Grümmer coach building dynasty Chapter IV: Antoine Joseph Grümmer descendant of coach builders, successor to Victor Morel Chapter V: The techniques required for building horse-drawn coaches Chapter VI: Specialized trades supporting the coach builder Chapter VII: Universal Exhibitions Chapter VIII: Automobile Club de France: Salon of 1904 Chapter IX: a smooth transition from the Carriage to the Automobile Chapter X: Creation of SA des Établissements Grümmer 1919 Part 3: Works by Maison V. Morel-Grümmer through the archives Chapter XI: Drawings Chapter XII: An important order from the Duke of Luynes 1867 Chapter XIII: The George IV Phaeton of the Earl of Fitz-James 1885 Chapter XIV: The Blanche de Clermont-Tonnerre's Tilbury 1910 Chapter XV: Surviving carriages in collections Epilogue: Transmission of knowledge over time Appendices Grümmer family tree Bibliography Acknowledgments Index.