Del Pieve

Luigi Del Pieve and his workshop can be sketched from scattered notices tied to the Napoleonic and Restoration years. Del Pieve is recorded as producing playing cards in Florence in 1807 and 1808 in association with Giuseppe Busi. An unnamed Del Pieve is listed as making playing cards including Minchiate between about 1814 and 1819. By 1817 Gaetano Del Pieve is registered as working alone, and in 1827 he partners with Cosimo Adami, the collaboration continuing until about 1830. These points suggest a family atelier that handed down blocks, skills, and customers from Luigi’s activity to Gaetano’s stewardship.