Banana Leaf Cards
English Standard pack hand drawn & coloured on banana leaf, c.1820.
English Standard pack hand drawn & coloured on banana or palm leaves, c.1820. The cards are mounted and housed in two books and were previously part of a collection by Captain H. E. Rimington Wilson of Broomhead Hall.
Above: English Standard pack hand drawn & coloured on banana leaf, c.1820. 52 cards mounted in two books.
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