La Primitiva, Victoria 3179, Buenos Aires
Fabrica de Naipes La Primitiva, manufacturers of paper and playing cards, Buenos Aires c.1878-1920.
Addresses at: Defensa 125, Moreno 248 and Victoria 3179, Bs. As.
La Primitiva was registered as a paper mill in 1878. Playing cards are known with three different addresses. Click images to see more.
Above: Piedmontese tarot cards made by La Primitiva, c.1890, based on Italian models.
Above: Piedmontese tarot cards made by La Primitiva, c.1900
Above: Cadiz type playing cards "Del No. 9" made by La Primitiva, c.1905, based on the designs of Sebastian Comas imported from Spain.
