The Sultana
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From Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. Catalogue
Oak or Mahogany. The Oak is finished in fancy quarter-sawed wood and our No. 6 medium or golden color, with white Boxwood inlay, having a small black border. The mahogany is finished in our regular No. 2 Stock Mahogany color and in what is known as an egg shell gloss, which means that after being given the ordinary cabinet finish, it is hand rubbed to a dull polish which can be more easily kept clean than any other finish.
Compund construction 1¾ in. thick x 3 5/8 in. The hardwood core is reinforced with one thickness of veneer on each side, thereby giving it additional strength. The cap rail is veneered with rosewood.
Standard Quick-Acting Monarch, style No. 1888. Guaranteed the most rapid and perfect angle cushion on the market. Quality certified by trade mark plate countersunk in cap of cushion rail.
Frame work of body 2½ in. thick x 15 in. Hardwood backing built up in compound construction with double cross veneer facing on the outside. Ordinarily not made in sections, but can be built that way with mitred corners when especially ordered. Corners reinforced with leg cap 2¾ in. thick x 8 in. square. Long stretchers 1¾ in. x 5½ in. The side stretechers, of which there are two, are each 1¾ in. thick x 9 in. and held in place by a heavy frame bolt, making a rigid bridge construction. Legs 8½ in. square by 14¾ in. high, tongued and grooved compound construction, reinforced by corner lookouts, double cross veneered and secured to leg cap in frame body with 18 in. bolt and four hardwood dowels. The wood construction all of first quality. Cabinet made and put together in a most thorough manner. All joints made close and secure and all mitres absolutely accurate. Joints tongued and grooved, strongly doweled and glued or screwed firmly together. All corners and edges made perfectly smooth and true.
Good quality Vermont slate, three pieces to the set. Doweled joints with no screw holes in the playing surface. Wood reinforcing frame 7/8 in. thick. Hardwood trim for pocket openings.
The pocket irons are No. 3 style. Guaranteed against tarnishing or peeling. Black cover leathers reinforced at point of contact for extra durability. Best quality red trimming leather and green fringe. No. 20 green worsted pocket nets.