Pool table identification help

[Dwilson1975]

Hello all,
I am new here and hopefully am posting in the right location. I would like some help on finding out any information on the pool table we have recently acquired. We are guessing it's old since the hardware on it is all square headed nuts and bolts and it is built a lot better then current items. Hopefully the picture is attached but the table plaquard states the table as #8 The Metropolitan and made by DC Pool Table & Accessories MFG Co. We are trying to restore this table and are running into issues matching the wood used and cannot find anything online for the company which is making this a tough project. Thanks.

 

[ROB.M]

Table

In the late 30's brunswick introduced the Metropolitan, it had a mahogany finish...

Everyone copied brunswick and followed their lead on table design.







Best of luck.

Rob.M

 

[Dwilson1975]

Thanks

Thank you, hopefully that explains the reddish color to the wood prior to staining it.

 

[Dwilson1975]

Thanks

Thank you, hopefully that explains the reddish color to the wood prior to staining it.

 

[Dwilson1975]

Bad picture

Sorry about the above picture, the top was stained at that point but the side and legs of the table were just sanded down and is original wood color.

 

[realkingcobra]

Hello all,
I am new here and hopefully am posting in the right location. I would like some help on finding out any information on the pool table we have recently acquired. We are guessing it's old since the hardware on it is all square headed nuts and bolts and it is built a lot better then current items. Hopefully the picture is attached but the table plaquard states the table as #8 The Metropolitan and made by DC Pool Table & Accessories MFG Co. We are trying to restore this table and are running into issues matching the wood used and cannot find anything online for the company which is making this a tough project. Thanks.

Not that old with bolt on cushion blocks and undersized slates, that's the same system coin operated pool tables are built on for the most part. Don't let the age of the pool table fool you for being a quality built pool table. How thick is the slate, 3/4" or 7/8" thick? Is it one piece?

 

[ROB.M]

Table

Thank you, hopefully that explains the reddish color to the wood prior to staining it.

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That table is 180° different than the brunswick Metropolitan. That table is great for fishing because it comes with a HUGE can of worms.
The table might be great and desirable for your home and family entertainment but there is so many issues with that style/design of table.
The table might be good enough for you and family to send time together knocking around balls but don't expect it the play like a brunswick or sell like one.
All pool table and cabinet manufactures today have abandon that design.

As you see that center supports don't support the slate:yikes:
Not trying to dog your table but only being honest. -I don't candy coat-




Rob.M

 

[Mr. Bond]

D.C. started making tables in about 1962 in D.C.
They later opened a facility in Rockville, MD and were still in business up to a few years ago. Don't know if they still are.
Maybe if the original co. is still around they can tell you more about the model.

 

[Black-Balled]

D.C. started making tables in about 1962 in D.C.
They later opened a facility in Rockville, MD and were still in business up to a few years ago. Don't know if they still are.
Maybe if the original co. is still around they can tell you more about the model.

Interesting...I have always lived in the area and never heard of that company.

You do know some useless things!

 

[macguy]

In the late 30's brunswick introduced the Metropolitan, it had a mahogany finish...

Everyone copied brunswick and followed their lead on table design.







Best of luck.

Rob.M

I think a lot of the tables with various name placards on them were in fact Brunswick. A local supplier would attach their own placard.