France
A. Camoin & Cie
This deck was inherited from ancestors, it has has a family history surrounding it. Details of the lives of previous owners make it all so fascinating.

Bone Playing Cards
My late mother found these miniature cards in a skip around 50 years ago.

La Sibylle des Salons
La Sibylle des Salons facsimile of 19th century deck published by J M Simon, 1979.

Eurotrotter
Eurotrotter by La Ducale, c.1980s.

Tout Est Bien Qui Finit Bien
‘Tout Est Bien Qui Finit Bien’ family card game by Dondorf.

El Gato con Botas
Puss in Boots card game manufactured by H. Fournier, 1981.

Bass & Bass Jeu des Familles
Bass & Bass ‘Jeu des Familles’ made by Franz-Josef Holler, Münich, 1989.

Gambling and Vice in the Middle Ages
Gambling and Vice in the Hours of Charles V: card-playing in the local tavern

Jeu de Quaternes ‘Rizá’
Jeu de Quaternes ‘Rizá’

“Deck with French suits”
A facsimile of an early 19th century French-suited deck from the collection of F.X. Schmid.

Le Destin Antique
Le Jeu du Destin Antique, originally published by Grimaud in XIX c., republished many times since...

Eroticartes
Eroticartes with drawings by Pino Zac, 1983.

La Belle au bois dormant
Sleeping Beauty card game published in France, c.1980s.

Benedicte Morand-Bail
Benedicte Morand-Bail’s striking and colourful abstract poker deck with French named courts

Bretagne
Bretagne (Brittany) playing cards, Grimaud, c.1970.

Jeu “Gerente”
Jeu “Gerente” - published by Moncar in 1983 in the “Cartes de Fantasie” series.

French Revolution
Bicentenaire de la Révolution Française 1789–1989 created by Christian Offroy.

Jeu du Moulin
Jeu du Moulin by Watilliaux, Paris.

Playtex
Playtex - le jeu de la beauté et du destin, Grimaud, 1971.

Jeu de Memoire
Jeu de Memoire card game promoting Véritable Chaumes cheese from the village of St Antoines in south west France.

Le Jeu de la Guerre
Facsimile of “Le Jeu de la Guerre” designed by Gilles de la Boissière in 1698.

La Mariée du Mardi-Gras
La Mariée du Mardi-Gras, published by Jeux et Jouets Français. Paris, early 1900s.

Parisian style Spanish deck by Grimaud
Parisian style Spanish deck by Grimaud for export to Uruguay.

Jeu des 7 Familles
Jeu des 7 Familles © K.F.S. Opera Mundi c.1960.

Chocolat du Planteur
Chocolat du Planteur cards (reproduction) by French artist Louis Bourgeois-Borgex, c.1900.

Les Géants d’un Mythe
Les Géants d'un Mythe created by François Poulain and manufactured by Grimaud, 1983.

Atouts de la Vie
“Atouts de la Vie” wartime card game created by Madame Lucien Willemetz, c.1940.

Prisoners of War
Hand-made playing cards by French prisoners of war in Porchester Castle, Hampshire, c.1796.

64: The descendants of the French regional patterns: 2
A continuation of the development of the off-spring of the Paris patterns and a few examples of how the French regional figures have inspired modern designers.

63: The descendants of the French regional patterns: 1
A great many regional patterns were exported from France and subsequently copied elsewhere. Some of them became local standards in their own right.

62: French regional patterns: the queens and jacks
Continuing our look at the figures from the regional patterns of France.

61: French regional patterns: the kings
On page 11 I illustrated several examples of the regional French patterns from Sylvia Mann's collection; this is a more in-depth look at the figures of these patterns ("portraits" in French).

Les Grandes Figures de L’Histoire Bretonne
Les Grandes Figures de L’Histoire Bretonne

Virginie Houdet
Virginie Houdet “Cartes à Jouer” limited edition, 2017.

Amorous Translucent Playing Cards
Amorous Translucent Playing Cards, French, c.1850.

Jeu Grotesque
Jeu Grotesque was first published in France c.1800.

Film Stars
Film Stars from the 1960s with photography by Sam Levin.

Translucent Playing Cards
Translucent Playing Cards, 19th century French from the Biedermeier period

Boulogne-sur-Mer Chamber of Commerce
Boulogne-sur-Mer Chamber of Commerce & Industry playing cards illustrated by James Hodges, c.1974.

Pedro Varangot, 1786
Archaic Navarra pattern produced for the Pamplona General Hospital Monopoly by Pedro Varangot in 1786.

Tô Tôm №1204
Tô Tôm is played with a 120-card Chinese-style deck.

Jeu de la Géographie
“Jeu de Géographie” educational playing cards etched by Stefano Della Bella (1610-1664) and published by Henry le Gras, c.1644.

Rois de France
Cartes des Rois de France (1644) facsimile edition by Edizioni del Solleone, 1986.

Alcatel
Alcatel playing cards published by Éditions Dusserre, c.1970s

Jeu des Quatre Saisons de l’An II
“Jeu des Quatre Saisons de l’An II” facsimile of French Revolution deck originally published by J. B. Debeine (Reims) 1793.

Jeu des Drapeaux c.1816
“Jeu des Drapeaux” commemorating Napoleon’s greatest battles, c.1816.

Provinces de France
Jeu des Provinces de France published by Éditions Dusserre, 1979.

Le Grand Tarot Belline
“Le Grand Tarot Belline” after drawings by Edmond Billaudot (1829-1881).

Dames de France
“Dames de France” published by J-M Simon based on originals by Armand Gustave Houbigant, Paris, c.1817

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

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