Whist No. 32
Whist No. 32 - Cartas de Jogar Nunes
Whist No. 32 - Cartas de Jogar Nunes - Lisbon
German-style Whist No.32 playing cards made in Portugal by J. J. Nunes, c.1930s
Dfter the demise of Real Fabrica de Lisboa in 1870 Belgian and German exporters virtually took over the Portuguese and Brazilian markets and French-suited cards such as these became more popular. These designs imitating late medieval costume were originally published by B. Dondorf in Germany as Mittelalter No.151. Presumably Nunes acquired the designs from Dondorf and printed the cards themselves, but the exact details of any copyright agreement are not known.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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