Mademoiselle Lenormand
XIX century ‘Mlle Lenormand’ cartomancy deck by Daveluy, Bruges.
French language ‘Mademoiselle Lenormand’ fortune-telling deck from the National Playing Card Museum in Turnhout, published by Daveluy, Bruges, 1873. Each card has a small playing card in top left-hand corner, with a prediction at the right. The bottom halves contain the 36 ominous images with a title beneath each one. The manufacturer’s name can be found on card 27.
Mademoiselle Lenormand
was a famous card-reader in Paris. During the time of Napoleon, she had a successful practice in a luxurious house with personnel. She used playing cards, as well as casting horoscopes and reading palms. The cards were not designed by Mlle Lenormand herself, but began to be published after her death using her name. They have been widely imitated ever since.Cards number 28 and 29 are titled ‘Monsieur’ & ‘Dame’ respectively. The position of these cards might indicate where the reading begins, which is further determined by other cards lying nearby and so on. An extra card in the set is titled “Manière de Placer les Cartes ”.
A Dutch version is also reported to have been published. Later editions were published by Geûens-Seaux, Bruge, c.1895-1901
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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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