Belgium
Belgian cardmakers have been actively designing and exporting playing cards since the 14th century.
Belgian Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Belgian cardmakers have been actively designing and exporting playing cards since the 14th century.
Stationskwartetspel
Railway Stations quartet game illustrated by Wim Dolk and published by Servex BV, Utrecht, 1975.
Boerenbond Veevoeders
Promotional deck designed by Ray Goossens for the Boerenbond farmers’ union, c.1968.
Biermans Genoese pattern
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by Matt Probert
Biermans Genoese pattern for Clayson agricultural machinery, late 1960s.
Banque Nationale de Paris, c.1962
Special deck made for La Banque Nationale de Paris by Van Genechten, Turnhout, c.1962.
British Airways Concorde
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by Matt Probert
British Airways Concorde playing cards made in Belgium by Carta Mundi, before 2003.
Cartes de Luxe (1877) facsimile
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by Simon Wintle
‘Cartes de Luxe’ first published by Biermans in 1877 was reproduced in facsimile by Amstel Beer in c.1980.
Genever Giraf
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by Simon Wintle
Dutch pattern advertising deck for Genever Giraf made by Van Genechten in the 1950s.
Piket Fijne Speelkaarten, c.1925-30
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by Simon Wintle
‘Piket Fijne Speelkaarten’ by La Turnhoutoise, c.1925-30.
BG Bouw Building Company
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by Simon Wintle
BG Bouw Dutch Building Company publicity deck manufactured by Carta Mundi, c.1980.
Max Velthuijs for KLM
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by Simon Wintle
Playing cards designed by Max Velthuijs for KLM airlines first published c.1964
Food Exchange
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by Matt Probert
“Food Exchange“ playing cards designed by Ralph Dobson for the British Diabetic Association, 1973.
Anon Spanish Cards c.1875
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish-suited playing cards made in Belgium by Léonard Biermans, c.1875.
Manuf’d for L.N. Mann
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by Simon Wintle
Standard English pattern manuf’d for L.N. Mann by Van Genechten, c.1890.
Four Colour Cards / 四色牌 / Si Sek Pai
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by Simon Wintle
Four Colour Cards made in Belgium for Far Eastern markets
Abbey Playing Cards
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by Matt Probert
Abbey Playing Cards made in Belgium by La Turnhoutoise, c.1950s.
West Flanders Souvenir
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by Simon Wintle
West Flanders Souvenir pack manufactured in Belgium by Mesmaekers, c.1950.
Chi Chi Pai
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by Simon Wintle
Chinese “Chi Chi Pai” Playing Cards by Mesmaekers Frères for Far East market, c.1890.
Carta Mundi
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by Simon Wintle
Carta Mundi was founded in Turnhout on 27 June 1970 by pooling the production and sales facilities of the three surviving companies: Brepols, Van Genechten and Leonard Biermans.
Lion Brand No.1492 : Jet Fuel
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by Matt Probert
Advertising deck for "Jet" fuels, and "Lion Brand" No.1429 manufactured in Belgium by Biermans, 1960s.
Vandenborre Tarot
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by Simon Wintle
Belgian Tarot published by François-Jean Vandenborre, Brussels (1762-1803)
John Player Special
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by Simon Wintle
John Player Special non-standard playing cards created by the illustrator Nick Price, 1987
Fake Blanchard Ace of Spades
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by Simon Wintle
Fake Blanchard Ace of Spades with court cards based on Hall.
Pop Rocky
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by Simon Wintle
“Pop Rocky” miniature playing cards with double-ended caricatures of celebrities and pop stars, originally published inside a magazine, c.1970.
Daveluy
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by Simon Wintle
Daveluy produced card games between c.1840 and 1890. Many of his playing cards have historical connotations and show figures with a landscape background.
Sport No.31
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by Rod Starling
Van Genechten first registered an Ace of Spades for English playing cards in 1885 followed by the ‘Sailor’ Joker.
L’union fait la force
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by Rod Starling
“L’Union Fait la Force”, sometimes known as “the Allied pack”, has the four suits dedicated to the victorious nations of the Second World War.
