patience
Mary Whitmore Jones and her Chastleton Patience Board
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by Tony Hall
Mary Whitmore Jones and her Chastleton Patience Board by Tony Hall.
Solitaired
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by Simon Wintle
As we are becoming separated from friends and families we worked with the Solitaired team to customize this game using traditional woodblock courts.
Spider Solitaire
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by Simon Wintle
Spider Solitaire is a free web site offering new versions of the classic solitaire card game
Tesseract Mobile Solitaire Games
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by Simon Wintle
Tesseract Mobile’s new Solitaire card games for Android devices features dynamic playing cards that change style...
Prince of Wales National Relief Fund 1914
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by Matt Probert
A two-pack patience set produced by Thomas De la Rue on behalf of the Prince of Wales National Relief Fund in 1914.
Rococo Playing Cards
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by Matt Probert
Piatnik’s Rococo style playing cards issued as “Rococo Patience”, “Luxus-Patience”, “Empire Patience”, “White Horse Patience”, “Patience-Whist No.140”, “Mini Patience” and “Lady Patience”
F. X. Schmid Mini-Patience
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by Matt Probert
Miniature Patience playing cards in Rococo style published by F. X. Schmid, c.1960
Czech Patience Cards
Patience size playing cards published by Obchodni Tiskarny of Prague, under the brand “Casino”, with cartoon courts in the style of wood engravings.
Goodall & Son’s Patience & Miniature packs
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by Simon Wintle
Goodall & Son’s Patience & Miniature packs came in various styles of box and back design, c.1890-1930.
Carte per Signora
“Carte per Signora” patience pack was produced by Fratelli Armanino, Genova, in c.1897.
Otto Tragy Jugendstil Spielkarten
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by Simon Wintle
Special Jugendstil playing cards designed by Otto Tragy and first published by Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik Schneider & Co. in c.1898.
Merry Andrew
There are two Aces to each suit; one plain and the other with figures of a young woman and man, presumably Merry Andrew and his girl-friend.
Wüst Oval Patience
C. L. Wüst Oval Patience Karten No. 240, beautifully printed by chromolithography, c.1910.
Einar Nerman Patience
Einar Nerman (1888–1983) was a talented Swedish artist born in Norrköping who designed playing cards during the 1920s.
Lettische Patience
Karl enjoyed experimenting with design and production and this work was published in 1994 as a 32-card pack with one joker. The double-ended courts are, by Gerich's standards, plain with simple costume designs based on the designs of Arturs Duburs.
Patience Indien
Karl Gerich's “Patience Indien No.16”, published in 1991, is adapted from Grimaud's “Whist Indienne” (c.1900). The double-ended courts are dressed in Arab garb.
Patience No.21
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by Simon Wintle
‘Patience No.21’ is a 52-card miniature deck with double-ended courts and a Joker holding a fan of cards.
Kinder-Karte
First published in c.1870, children are presented in these miniature Patience cards disguised as Kings, Queens and Jacks. The Kings' crowns are slightly over-sized for their heads and the children are wearing false beards.
Minnie Patience
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by Simon Wintle
Minnie Patience. The backs show images of Mickey & Minnie mouse dancing together.
Swiss Album patience
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by Simon Wintle
Swiss Album patience cards manufactured by C. L. Wüst (Frankfurt), c.1900, with a different landscape on the reverse of each card. The court cards depict costumed figures along with shields from the cantons.
