It "combines the best features of a barouche and a landau". A barouche-sociable was described as a cross between a barouche and a victoria. A light barouche was a "barouchet" or "barouchette". Abraham Lincoln owned an identical barouche while he was president of the United States. Unusual vehicles include an 18th-century landau and an early-19th-century barouche, both in very good condition.