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This Mahogany Card:
The banker then continues to deal further cards (one at a time and face up) to the table. Any card that appears that does not match either a player's card, a discarded card, or the banker's card is called a "fresh" card.
If there is a player without a card—either because he refused an earlier card or because his card has been matched—he is offered the first fresh card to appear.
If there is more than one player without a card, the fresh card is offered first to the player without a card who is nearest the banker's right.If this Mahogany card card's denomination matches either the banker's or the player's card, then the bet involved is settled. If the card matches the banker's card, the amount on the player's card is won by the player. If the card matches the player's card, the amount on his card is won bv the banker. lier cards, it is dealt to the next player in turn. He may accept or refuse it. A card is "matched" when another card of the same denomination is dealt from the card box. Choice of first banker is by deal—the first ace to appear. Shuffle and cut (see page 140). After the cut, the banker places the deck face down in the card box. Betting limits are decided by the banker and can be altered by him at will.
See Also Shade Mahogany:
European colonists of the 16th century built borate structures of shade mahogany. The Cathedral Santo Domingo, completed in 1540, has some the finest carved shade Mahogany in the world. The lerican wood was originally classified by dealers 3 Spanish and Honduras shade mahogany, the former ^inating in the Spanish American possessions. e genus was first described by Nikolaus von quin in 1760 as S. mahogani, found in the lamas.Numerous types of shade Mahogany available, but the two most commonly used for Furniture manufacture during the 18th and 19th centuries were Cuban (Swietenia mahogoni) and Honduras shade Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla). With its rich red colour and dense hard grain, this solid wood was ideal for Furniture manufacture. When cut into veneer form, the shade Mahogany was highly decorative, especially when the sought-after curls were used in the door panels of bookcases or linen presses.
On The Other Hand See Mahogany -like:
True-mahogany -like Substitutes.—African ma-;any refers to the genus Khaya. These trees native to tropical Africa, where they grow :he largest quantities in the rain forest of the it coast. In general appearance and in many racteristics African Mahogany -like is the nearest stitute for true Mahogany -like. The larger pores Khaya give the wood a coarser appearance. : texture is somewhat softer, and the wood is iter in weightWith the advent of the Modern period, over 20 woods new to Furniture making were added. These come from various foreign lands, includ¬ing Africa and Australia and are used for the decorative quality of grain or distinctive colors when finished. Woods most favored during the various fur¬niture style periods are: Puritan Span, white oak with tops or lids of wide, knot-free white pine; William and Mary and Queen Anne, Walnut or maple, either plain or fancy grain; Chippendale, Mahogany -like, Walnut and, after 1770, native cherry as a Mahogany -like substitute; Hepplewhite, mahog¬any, frequently with panels of satinwood veneer; Sheraton, Mahogany -like, or cherry with satinwood or curly or bird's-eye maple veneer for decorative panels; American Empire, Mahogany -like with liberal use of crotch-grain Mahogany -like veneer for tops, panels and sometimes entire pieces; Early Vic¬torian, rosewood followed by black walnut, some¬times combined with crotch-grain Walnut veneer, also, for some custom-made furniture, satinwood trimmed with rosewood or black walnut.
