Founded in 1868, today it is part of the Jarden Corporation (USA). A history of the company can be found on their website: www.nhfournier.es.

Above: Heraclio Fournier's first playing cards, printed from lithographic stones, 1868.

Above: Emilio Soubrier, from the local Art and Design College, was commissioned in 1877 by D. Heraclio Fournier to produce a new definitive set of playing card designs. These were produced with assistance from Ignacio Díaz de Olano (top row). Ten years later, the designs were revised by Augusto Rius and became the standard ‘Castilian’ pattern which is used today around the world (bottom row)   see more →

The above newspaper article appeared in August, 1934. The pack referred to in the article is shown below.

Some more examples of playing cards manufactured by Heraclio Fournier S.A. can be seen by following the links:   República Española Souvenir ::: Ibero-American Deck ::: Castilian pattern ::: No.35 "Rueda Alada" Catalan pattern ::: No.55 Catalan pattern ::: No.5P Cadiz pattern for export to Peru ::: Fernando Pessoa & Co Playing Cards