Strauss & Trier, c.1860
Strauss & Trier, Manufacturers, New York, c.1860

Above: deck with double-ended courts made by Strauss & Trier, New York, c.1860. This is the only known design by this manufacturer. Some of the pips are on the left, some are on the right-hand side, and there are no indices. The courts are loosely derived from those of De La Rue, however the queen of diamonds has apparently been interchanged with the queen of spades.

By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
View ArticlesCurator 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.