J. F. Sanchez - Buenos Aires c.1895
J. F. Sanchez - Buenos Aires c.1895.
J. F. SANCHEZ - Buenos Aires
Record ID no.4 formerly in Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (but now removed) shows a 40-card Spanish suited pack made by J. F. Sanchez, Buenos Aires.
The cards closely follow designs by Sebastian Comas (Barcelona), imported into Argentina since the late 19th century by Fló Hermanos. However, closer inspection reveals that the pack is made up from two different packs. One is a traditional Spanish Catalan type pack (left), the other is a redrawn version of the Catalan pattern (right) based on El Escudo Armado design by Comas. The Spanish Catalan pattern was clearly well-established in Argentina by this time.
Comparing the design of the cup symbol in the left and right-hand examples, and the style of the court cards, shows that the cards are from different packs. The printing process is given as colour lithography but the cards appear to have been coloured using stencils. The back of the cards has been treated with a roller to create a random pattern.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder 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.
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