Juan Roura, Cadiz pattern

Juan Roura, Cadiz Type, Barcelona (1872 - 1962)

Above: cards from an example of ‘La Legítima Loba’ Cádiz type playing cards made by Juan Roura for export to Spanish-speaking countries. The cards have square corners; 48 cards. The purple tax stamp on the five of swords was used in the early 1930s.

Above: “El Toro” brand Cádiz type playing cards made by Juan Roura for export to Spanish-speaking countries. 40 cards. The blue tax stamp on the five of swords was used in c.1939. See the wrapper here→

Above: Naipes 'Dos Toros', in the Cádiz style, produced for export to the Philippines by Juan Roura, Barcelona. The black tax stamp on the five of swords was used during the 1940s. Similar designs were also produced by Peruvian and El Salvador playing cards manufacturers as well as competitors from USA and Belgium.

By Simon Wintle

Member since February 01, 1996

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Curator 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.