SCAC Jean Picart le Doux
A Jean Picart le Doux pack with a sea theme.
SCAC Jean Picart le Doux is a 1955 business pack by Jean Picart le Doux. It is the first of his three card games and the least known of the three, with a sea theme that gives it a quiet but distinctive character.
The S.C.A.C. entity cannot be definitively identified. It may have been a guild society, as the presentation card says that the game was printed at the Compagnons du Devoir printing house, a network of artisanal excellence now part of France's intangible cultural heritage.
Jean Picart le Doux (1902-1982) was a French painter and tapestry artist involved in the revival of contemporary tapestry, and a grand master of Aubusson tapestry.
The game's theme is the sea, and it bears a striking resemblance to the Four Seasons game created by Picart nine years later in 1964.
It comes as a double deck in a cardboard box with a gray velvet interior. The pack contains 52 cards, 2 jokers, a blank card and a presentation card, with gilt edges and a card size of 87 x 52 mm.
Above: the back design alongside the original box.
Above: the court cards and aces for clubs and hearts.
Above: the court cards and aces for spades and diamonds.
Above: the number cards, with the jokers and information card, which says the pack was offered by S.C.A.C. to its friends and specially created by J. Picart le Doux.
By Vincent Bérail
France • Member since June 22, 2026
Collectionneur français de cartes à jouer de 52 cartes. Principalement des jeux non standarts des années 1950 à 2000
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