Naipes Side Car - Genoese type
Naipes Side Car - Genoese type.

Standard Belgian/Genoese pattern pack manufactured in Buenos Aires by L. A. Fourvel y Cía, c.1940. It is unusual to find this pattern or style of playing card produced in South America.
See also: Fourvel homepage • Side Car • Side Car Spanish-suited • Naipes Estelares • Naipynt



Above: cards from a 52-card Belgian/Genoese type pack manufactured in Buenos Aires by L. A. Fourvel y Cía, c.1940, for casino use.

By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
View ArticlesCurator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.