Sleigh
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1850
Materials
Painted wood, rexine seats
Measurements
117 x 230 x 60 cm
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 582866
Summary
A polychrome decorated sleigh, painted by Pauline Trevelyan, probably Austrian or Bavarian, circa 1850. Modelled as a sea monster supported by four mermen and containing two seats now upholstered in red rexine, with pilot seat at rear.
Full description
Published in an article by Monk Gibbon 'Sleighs through the Centuries' Country Life, 01 December 1950.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt