Brepols Genoese pattern
“Cartes Françaises” and Genoese pattern by Brepols.
Genoese pattern by Etablissements Brepols.
Above: “Cartes Françaises” Piquet pack by Etablissements Brepols, c.1930. Uncoloured joker.
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Above: Belgian pattern manufactured by Brepols for De Beukelaer’s Biscuits, c.1950.
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Above: the box is side-opening, and the good quality linen-effect embossed cards have gold-edged corners. Image courtesy Matt Probert.
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.
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