Loewe

Publicity deck specially designed by J. L. Picardo in medieval style for fashion house Loewe and manufactured by Heraclio Fournier, 1959.

Above: deck specially designed by J. L. Picardo for Loewe and manufactured by Heraclio Fournier, 1959. 52 cards + 2 jokers, gilded corners. The tax stamp on the four of clubs reads "Timbre sobre Naipes Cinco Pesetas" flying wheel design in blue. The same court card designs were used in a later edition produced for Aries in c.1979.

CREDITS & REFERENCES

García Martín, Enrique: La Baraja Francesa de figuras dobles de Heraclio Fournier, La Sota Nº 29, 2003

Scans of cards courtesy Rex Pitts.