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Naipes Siluv, Valparaiso, Chile, 1931

Published July 03, 1996 Updated May 23, 2022

Naipes Siluv, Valparaiso, Chile, 1931

1931 Chile Siluv

Naipes SILUV, Valparaiso, 1931

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Above: four cards from 'Naipes Siluv, Extra Finos de Primera,' which are inspired by Fournier's Castilian pattern. 40 cards, square corners, linen grained. The distributor Artus Imp. Co. of Valparaiso is named on the four of coins.


Images courtesy of Enrique García Martín.

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By Simon Wintle

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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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