Languedoc Pattern Playing Cards
61: French regional patterns: the kings
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by Ken Lodge
On page 11 I illustrated several examples of the regional French patterns from Sylvia Mann's collection; this is a more in-depth look at the figures of these patterns ("portraits" in French).
62: French regional patterns: the queens and jacks
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by Ken Lodge
Continuing our look at the figures from the regional patterns of France.
Languedoc pattern
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by Simon Wintle
The old Languedoc pattern was known at the beginning of the seventeenth century, if not before.