Belgium
Belgian cardmakers have been actively designing and exporting playing cards since the 14th century.
Belgian Playing Cards
Belgian cardmakers have been actively designing and exporting playing cards since the 14th century.

Dubois
Dubois card makers from Liège in the Walloon Region of Belgium.

Luxus Skatkarte Nr.1134
Luxus Skatkarte Nr.1134 printed by Brepols for Germany, c.1940s.

Brazil Pictorial Aces
Genoese pattern with Pictorial Aces for Brazil by Brepols, Turnhout, c.1920.

Stationskwartetspel
Railway Stations quartet game illustrated by Wim Dolk and published by Servex BV, Utrecht, 1975.

Dynastie Royale de Belgique
Dynastie Royale de Belgique by Mesmaekers, 1934.

Year of the Child
Year of the Child commemorative deck designed by Jhan Paulussen, 1979.

Cigar Bands
A collection of 24 cigar bands with miniature playing cards.

007 Die Another Day
“007 Die Another Day” James Bond themed playing cards, 2002.

Spectrum Bridge by Cartamundi
Spectrum Bridge by Cartamundi

Calavera Playing Cards
Calavera playing cards designed by Jirs Huygen for Cartamundi, 2015

Belle Vue Gueuze
Promotional playing cards designed by Wim Simons, Belgium, 1960s.

Anonymous Spanish Suited pack, c.1760
Anonymous archaic Spanish Suited pack, c.1760

Boerenbond Veevoeders
Promotional deck designed by Ray Goossens for the Boerenbond farmers’ union, c.1968.

Bayer
Humorous pharmaceutical deck made by Antoine van Genechten for Bayer, c.1963.

Butagaz
“Butagaz” playing cards for the French gas company, c.1976

Mickey Kids
Mickey Kids playing cards from Disney.

Velux
Velux - la fenêtre de toit de qualité, c.1990.

Biermans Genoese pattern
Biermans Genoese pattern for Clayson agricultural machinery, late 1960s.

Jean Borin
‘Cartes de Luxe’ with artwork by Belgian artist and designer Jean Borin (1907-1997).

Banque Nationale de Paris, c.1962
Special deck made for La Banque Nationale de Paris by Van Genechten, Turnhout, c.1962.

M/S Kronprins Harald
Souvenir of Jahre Line Ferry M/S Kronprins Harald

British Airways Concorde
British Airways Concorde playing cards made in Belgium by Carta Mundi, before 2003.

Cartes de Luxe (1877) facsimile
‘Cartes de Luxe’ first published by Biermans in 1877 was reproduced in facsimile by Amstel Beer in c.1980.

Genever Giraf
Dutch pattern advertising deck for Genever Giraf made by Van Genechten in the 1950s.

Piket Fijne Speelkaarten, c.1925-30
‘Piket Fijne Speelkaarten’ by La Turnhoutoise, c.1925-30.

BG Bouw Building Company
BG Bouw Dutch Building Company publicity deck manufactured by Carta Mundi, c.1980.

Max Velthuijs for KLM
Playing cards designed by Max Velthuijs for KLM airlines first published c.1964

Domino Cards, c.1890
Domino Cards by Mesmaekers Frères, c.1890

Millennium
‘Millennium’ limited edition playing cards by Carta Mundi, 1999

Le Jeu des Alliés
“Le Jeu des Alliés” manufactured by Mesmaekers N.V., Turnhout, 1945.

Food Exchange
“Food Exchange“ playing cards designed by Ralph Dobson for the British Diabetic Association, 1973.

Anon Spanish Cards c.1875
Spanish-suited playing cards made in Belgium by Léonard Biermans, c.1875.

Manuf’d for L.N. Mann
Standard English pattern manuf’d for L.N. Mann by Van Genechten, c.1890.

Tobacco advertising
Advertising decks made in Belgium by A. Van Genechten, 1960s.

Four Colour Cards / 四色牌 / Si Sek Pai
Four Colour Cards made in Belgium for Far Eastern markets

Brepols Genoese pattern
“Cartes Françaises” and Genoese pattern by Brepols.

Abbey Playing Cards
Abbey Playing Cards made in Belgium by La Turnhoutoise, c.1950s.

West Flanders Souvenir
West Flanders Souvenir pack manufactured in Belgium by Mesmaekers, c.1950.

Chi Chi Pai
Chinese “Chi Chi Pai” Playing Cards by Mesmaekers Frères for Far East market, c.1890.

Carta Mundi
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
Advertising deck for "Jet" fuels, and "Lion Brand" No.1429 manufactured in Belgium by Biermans, 1960s.

Vandenborre Tarot
Belgian Tarot published by François-Jean Vandenborre, Brussels (1762-1803)

John Player Special
John Player Special non-standard playing cards created by the illustrator Nick Price, 1987

Artex Quadrilato for Tunisia
Artex Quadrilato No.333 for Tunisia

Fake Blanchard Ace of Spades
Fake Blanchard Ace of Spades with court cards based on Hall.

Pop Rocky
“Pop Rocky” miniature playing cards with double-ended caricatures of celebrities and pop stars, originally published inside a magazine, c.1970.

Daveluy
Daveluy produced card games between c.1840 and 1890. Many of his playing cards have historical connotations and show figures with a landscape background.

Première Croisade
‘Première Croisade’ with single-ended courts by Daveluy, Bruges, c.1850.

Moyen-Age by Daveluy
Cartes Moyen-Age by Daveluy, Bruges, c.1875.

Sport No.31
Van Genechten first registered an Ace of Spades for English playing cards in 1885 followed by the ‘Sailor’ Joker.

L’union fait la force
“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.
