A sleigh, possibly German or Scandinavian, with postilion seat was sold in these Rooms 6 March 1975, lot 95, but for another with similarly distinctive Amsterdam style runners curving back over the headpiece, see G. Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, 1978, Vol.II, no.551, pp.427-8. Another of this form was sold in these Rooms, 7 June 1990, lot 183