Illustrated Catalogue of Children's Carriages
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Illustrated Catalogue of Children's Carriages. American Rattan Co, 1891. cyclearchive.com, https://cyclearchive.com/books/illustrated-catalogue-of-childrens-carriages-american-rattan-co-1891/
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Contents
- Describes the carriage gear types offered, including the S, Union, Globe, Standard and Special gears, detailing their ash handles, steel springs and patent steel wire wheels, with options for nickel-plated ironwork and wood or rubber-tired wheels.
- Lists the upholstering grades and standard colours offered, from satin damask and tapestry to French cretonnes, plush and silk goods, noting which grades combine fabric with plush.
- Describes the two canopy grades, an enamelled cloth top and a woven rattan top, both trimmed to match the upholstering and supplied with side curtains and patent canopy fixtures, with the extra charges for plush trimmings and for a B canopy.
- Lists the numbered parasol styles from plain silesia and sateen to lined satin and silk satin with lace edges, all made on the maker's patent frame.
- Lists the numbered lace cover styles with prices, including Nottingham, S Oriental, Spanish silk and silk escurial covers.
- A priced parts table covering steel, round spoke wood, shaved spoke and rubber tire wheels, canopy standards, parasol rods, fixtures and tips, the five numbered parasols, handles with braces, axles, S, Globe and C springs, bolts, wrenches and plain, cane and plush straps.
- States that all carriages are crated free of charge in a crate of the firm's own design that protects the carriage and saves the customer labour in setting up, with an extra charge made when boxing is ordered instead.
- The catalogue's main illustrated section, running a plate a page from model R 100 through R 182 and the R 500 series. Each cut is captioned with the model number, the reed or bamboo finish, the upholstering grade, the gear, the parasol or canopy fitted and the price, ending with the twin carriages on the Special Gear. The plates carry no printed section headings, only the model number above each cut.
- Offers the firm's improved adjustable steel sleigh runners, nicely tinned, which will fit any standard make of carriage, priced by the pair.
- Describes the girls' tricycle in best quality steel and malleables, with a solid steel back-bone free of gas-pipe joints to work loose, solid steel axles, one-piece foot rod and axle, one-piece fork and saddle block, and the firm's patent steel wheels.
- Describes the boys' velocipede, built on a new principle that avoids unnecessary bolts and rivets, with a steel handle that will not get loose and steel axles running clear through the boxes; it knocks down and packs six to a crate.
- Offers the boys' bicycle built on the same principle as the velocipedes, with tinned wheels and a well-finished back-bone, in No. 25 with 26 by 10 inch wheels at $7.00 and No. 26 with 28 by 10 inch wheels at $8.00, and knocked down six to a crate.
- Describes the children's wagons with a new improved one-piece tongue iron and fifth wheel, steel axles, king bolts passing through the gears, tinned wheels and gears, and bodies finished in hardwood or painted in standard colours, using best quality malleables throughout.
- Offers the steel rail waggon with an extra high rail at the back, carrying the leading features of the firm's other wagons with tinned wheels and gears and a handsomely finished body; No. 127 has a 12½ by 27 inch body and double-spoke 10 by 5 inch wheels at $5.00.