Naipes ‘El Borrego’
Naipes ‘El Borrego’ Spanish-suited playing cards manufactured in El Salvador, c.2002
Naipes ‘El Borrego’ Spanish-suited playing cards manufactured in El Salvador, c.2002. The simplified designs are similar to Mexican versions of the Spanish ‘Castilian’ pattern with a bright colour scheme. The four of cups and the back design have a registered trade mark notice regarding the ‘El Borrego’ brand name and the jumping lamb logo. Curiously the same brand name is known in Guatemala (Juegos ‘El Borrego’) but with a different drawing of a lamb.
Above: Naipes ‘El Borrego’ manufactured in El Salvador since the 1990s. 40 cards in paper wrapper. The cards are a cheap grade imitation of Fournier’s Castilian pattern with square corners and bright colours. There are no ‘pintas’ or border-breaks. See also: Naipes Hispasa►
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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