# @newport.mansions on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CX8mxTUuRzh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71767243-newportmansions-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-12-26T13:00:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newport Mansions (@newport.mansions) — https://gondola.cc/newport.mansions

## Caption

Recalling winters in New York City, Elizabeth Drexel Lehr wrote: “On midwinter afternoons the air was full of the tinkle of sleigh bells; the snow churned up by the beat of the hooves fell in a glittering spray as the sleighs passed and repassed each other in Central Park … Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt would flash by in a blaze of red … dark red liveries, red carriage work … crimson plumes, red and gilt tassels … carved gold bells on the horses.” 

This late 19th-century rumble seat sleigh from our coaching collection is an example of one owned by the Vanderbilts. It has a high dash to protect passengers from flying snow, graceful metal scrolling above the runners, and is painted in Vanderbilt livery with the monogram “CV” on the sides. Typically, a groom would sit in the rear rumble seat to help lift the weight off the front runners. (Gift of Countess Nandine Eltz, 1979).

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