Playing Cards from Italy
Omnia Playing Cards
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by Adam Wintle
Inspired by ancient symbology and traditional playing cards, Omnia is the third pack designed by Giovanni Meroni, 2015.
P. Buscaglia: Spanish-suited cards
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish-suited cards published by P. Buscaglia, Mele & Genova.
Panorama playing cards
Panorama playing cards included with a weekly news magazine published in Milan, Italy, c. 1979.
Pedro Bosio
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by Simon Wintle
Cards of the Spanish National Pattern 'Money Bag' type manufactured by Pedro Bosio, Genova (Italy) probably during the 18th century and for export to Spain or South America.
Pedro Bosio, 2
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by Simon Wintle
Cards of the Spanish National Pattern manufactured by Pedro Bosio, Genova (Italy) during the 18th century for export to South America.
Piedmont Pattern
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by Simon Wintle
The Piedmont pattern is a very close relative to the French 'Paris' pattern. The courts are not named, however, and are divided horizontally (rather than diagonally).
Pinocchio playing cards
Comic book drawings inspired by Carlo Collodi’s children’s classic, Pinocchio.
Playing cards in the Upper Rhine region
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by Simon Wintle
Documentary evidence suggests that card playing established itself in Italy in 1376, and then spread rapidly northwards across the Alps into the Upper Rhine regions of Germany and Switzerland and westwards into France and Spain.
Portuguese pattern
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by Simon Wintle
19th century Portuguese pattern, re-printed from original woodblocks.
Portuguese-suited cards
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by Simon Wintle
Portuguese-suited cards with dragon aces, made in Italy, 1613.
San Marino Souvenir
San Marino stamp designs combined with photographic views by La Fotometalgrafica Emiliana, c.1975.
San Paolo Chekhov
Characters from Chekhov’s plays designed by Paolo Fresu for San Paolo Istituto Bancario, Italy, c.1983.