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Cancan

Published September 01, 2012 Updated July 03, 2024

Lightly risqué luxury playing cards published by Éditions Philibert of Paris in 1956.

1956 France Draeger Frères Philibert Monique Arietti Pierre Albarran Luxury

Éditions Philibert: “Cancan”

These wonderful lightly risqué luxury playing cards, with lots of lace, in the style of the 1900s, were designed by Pierre Albarran, drawn by Monique Arietti (pseudonym of Gabriel Garachon, designer at Draeger Frères who printed the cards, and herself a dancer) and published by Éditions Philibert of Paris in 1956.

See also: Le FlorentinMémoires de Casanova

“Cancan” playing cards designed by Pierre Albarran and published by Éditions Philibert, 1956

Above: lightly risqué “Cancan” luxury playing cards designed by Pierre Albarran and published by Éditions Philibert, 1956. 52 standard cards plus two Jokers and additional 4 Aces + 2 title cards. Gilt edges. Images courtesy Barney Townshend.


promotional leaflet for the Cancan pack (undated but presumably c1956) promotional leaflet for the Cancan pack (undated but presumably c1956)

Above: promotional leaflet for the Cancan pack (undated but presumably c1956). Images courtesy of the WCMPC.

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By Barney Townshend

Member since October 06, 2015

Retired Airline Pilot, interested in: Transformation Playing Cards, Karl Gerich and Elaine Lewis. Secretary of the EPCS. Treasurer of the IPCS.

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