Sleigh, rococo two-seater, carved, polychrome, gilded; 3rd quarter of the 18th century, Poland . Sleigh in the shape of a gondola made using the dugout canoe method, painted blue, with a wavy upper rim highlighted by a half-cylinder and channel sections with rocaille motifs; front in the form of a mascaron painted red, framed with acanthus leaves; rear trestle originally upholstered with carved acanthus underneath; inside the sleds four sockets for connection with skid supports; mascarons, men's heads, rocaille and acanthus ornamentation; height 57 cm, width 208 cm, depth 68 cm., A carved decorative object resembling a boat-like form with a sculpted human head at one end, showing skin tones of reddish-brown and darker brown, and hair carved in a muted gold color; the main body is painted a muted teal or blue-green with ornate carved scrollwork and leaf motifs in shades of gold and beige, and the interior appears darker, near black or deep brown; there are areas of worn dark brown wood ...
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Sleigh, rococo two-seater, carved, polychrome, gilded; 3rd quarter of the 18th century, Poland . Sleigh in the shape of a gondola made using the dugout canoe method, painted blue, with a wavy upper rim highlighted by a half-cylinder and channel sections with rocaille motifs; front in the form of a mascaron painted red, framed with acanthus leaves; rear trestle originally upholstered with carved acanthus underneath; inside the sleds four sockets for connection with skid supports; mascarons, men's heads, rocaille and acanthus ornamentation; height 57 cm, width 208 cm, depth 68 cm., A carved decorative object resembling a boat-like form with a sculpted human head at one end, showing skin tones of reddish-brown and darker brown, and hair carved in a muted gold color; the main body is painted a muted teal or blue-green with ornate carved scrollwork and leaf motifs in shades of gold and beige, and the interior appears darker, near black or deep brown; there are areas of worn dark brown wood visible on the handle-like extension, and the overall background is a neutral gray.

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Sleigh rococo two-seater carved polychrome gilded 3rd quarter 18th century Poland shape gondola using dugout canoe method painted blue wavy upper rim highlighted half-cylinder channel sections rocaille motifs front form mascaron painted red framed acanthus leaves rear trestle originally upholstered carved acanthus underneath inside sleds four sockets connection skid supports mascarons men's heads rocaille acanthus ornamentation height 57 cm width 208 cm depth 68 cm carved decorative object resembling boat- sculpted human head showing skin tones reddish-brown darker brown hair carved muted gold color main body muted teal blue-green ornate scrollwork leaf motifs shades beige interior darker near black deep brown areas worn dark brown wood visible handle- extension background neutral gray.

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