Folk Cards
Folk Cards designed by Krystyna Gruchalska-Bunsch for Lot Polish Airlines, 1962.
Folk Cards for Lot Polish Airlines designed by Krystyna Gruchalska-Bunsch, 1962. The court card designs refer to Polish folk art and costumes from four regions. The joker is a goat figure seen at the winter solstice festival in Pagan Slavic Heritage. The Polish index letters are: W Walet, D Dama and K Król. I fed Walet to google translator and had it read the word to me in Polish, it sounds a lot like valet so it makes sense in the royal court sense.
Above: Folk Cards designed by Krystyna Gruchalska-Bunsch (1920-2013) in collaboration with Franciszek Bunsch, printed by Krakowskie Zakłady Wyrobów Papierowych (KZWP) 1962. Double set of 52 cards + 2 jokers + 2 extra cards in blue vinyl case with logo. Blue & red backs. The cards have been republished in several formats with different back designs, including “Ludowe” and “Regionalne” No 450. From the collection of Marc Pavone.
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