Articles about: “suits”

    16: European Standard Playing Cards

    16: European Standard Playing Cards

    A brief survey of the different types of standard cards to be found in Continental Europe.
    Estate Playing Cards

    Estate Playing Cards

    Estate Playing Cards with five suits designed by Keith Wilson

    Five Suit Bridge

    Five Suit Bridge

    Five Suit Bridge was invented in Vienna in 1937 by Walter W. Marseille and Dr. Paul Stern.

    Hindooly

    Hindooly

    Hindooly published by Chas Goodall & Son Ltd c.1904.

    History of Playing Cards - 10

    History of Playing Cards - 10

    By about 1500 three main suit systems had evolved: Latin (including Italian, Spanish and Portuguese); Germanic (German and Swiss) and French (which has become the 'Anglo-American' suit system).
    History of Playing Cards - 6

    History of Playing Cards - 6

    The idea of suit symbols may have originated with Chinese 'Money' cards.

    History of Playing Cards - 8

    History of Playing Cards - 8

    Imagery on many early playing cards resembles the stock repertory of animals, plants, birds and flowers which recurs almost identically in the marginal drollery, miniature illustrations and trompe l'oeil of widely divergent manuscripts, and in sculpture.
    Master of the Playing Cards

    Master of the Playing Cards

    Animal suited playing cards engraved by the Master of the Playing Cards, Germany, c.1455
    Sky

    Sky

    Sky card game published by Geo. Wright & Co, London, c.1905
    Whimsical Playing Cards

    Whimsical Playing Cards

    Whimsical Playing Cards by Turkish designer & illustrator Oksal Yesilok, 2016
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