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La Suisse Historique Swiss Cantons souvenir 1920

La Suisse Historique Swiss Cantons souvenir

A masterpiece in the genre of tourist souvenir decks, “La Suisse Historique” Swiss Cantons souvenir designed by Melchior Annen in c.1920.

Lascivious playing cards 2005

Lascivious playing cards

Lascivious lingerie playing cards, United Kingdom, c.2005

Llombart Costume Pack 1815

Llombart Costume Pack

Military-style costume pack made by Anton Llombart, Barcelona, 1815.

Loewe: Moda Europea Siglo XVII 1970

Loewe: Moda Europea Siglo XVII

Luxury pack for the Spanish fashion house Loewe, with 17th century costume designs by Margot Hamilton Hill.

Marguerite 1930

Marguerite

Each court figure is richly decorated and holding something different: a letter, a wreath, a quill pen, a mace, a bird, a flower, a cushion, a goblet, a flute, etc.

Mario Testino playing cards 2002

Mario Testino playing cards

A selection of Mario Testino’s photographic work in various fields, notably fashion.

Mary Queen of Scots 1990

Mary Queen of Scots

Mary Queen of Scots and other Tudor period dignitaries, published by Piatnik, 1990.

Matyó-Bridge No.50 1932

Matyó-Bridge No.50

The court cards in this delightful Art Deco pack represent persons in various colourfully embroidered folkloric costumes. Designed by Hungarian artist Ilona Radnainé Szöredi.

Miniature French fashion playing cards 1850

Miniature French fashion playing cards

Tiny 19th.century ‘Cartes Mignonnes’ playing cards depicting the fashions of the period

Modet Sardegna 2005

Modet Sardegna

Costumes, masks and symbols from the island of Sardinia, with designs by Luciano Dettori and Tonino Caputo.

Moyen-Age by Daveluy 1875

Moyen-Age by Daveluy

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

Müller: Richelieu 1935

Müller: Richelieu

This deck is named after Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642), a French Roman Catholic Clergyman and statesman, Chief Adviser to King Louis XIII, noted for the authoritarian measures he employed to maintain power.

Naipe Peruano

Naipe Peruano

Peruvian costumes playing cards.

National Costumes of Mongolia

National Costumes of Mongolia

National Costumes of Mongolia pack produced by the Wuyi Giant Colour Printing Co., Ltd.

Netherlands Kostuum Kwartet 1983

Netherlands Kostuum Kwartet

Dutch costumes quartet game designed by Gerard Huijg, 1983.

New Figures by A. I. Charlemagne, 1862 1862

New Figures by A. I. Charlemagne, 1862

“Renaissance” playing card designed by A I Charlemagne 1862. but not published until 2018.

O. Gibert, Paris c.1840-60 1840

O. Gibert, Paris c.1840-60

Gibert was a master card-maker whose fashionable playing cards were of a very high standard.

Onward playing cards 1965

Onward playing cards

Advertising pack for Japanese fashion and lifestyle business featuring different national and regional costumes.

Orija Nr.20 1918

Orija Nr.20

Reprint of “Lettische Trachten” deck first published in Latvia in 1918.

Österreichisches Trachten-quartett 1960

Österreichisches Trachten-quartett

Österreichisches Trachten-quartett Nr.282 published by Ferd Piatnik & Söhne.