Jeu Quatre Empereurs
Brazilian scenic aces with emperors of Brazil, Austria and France and other dignitaries on the court cards.
Van Genechten produced packs with scenic aces for foreign markets to which he exported his products. This double-ended pack depicting Brazilian landscapes on the aces and various royal and political figures of the time on the court cards was published by Van Genechten for Brazil and appeared in price lists from 1883.
Above: Jeu Quatre Empereurs playing cards published by Van Genechten, Turnhout, 1883. Square corners, no indices. Source gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France • Jeu Quatre Empereurs►
References
The deck is listed in the catalogue ’Turnhoutse Speelkaarten', 1983 page 129, although the spades suit in the pictured cards is different.
Thanks to Paul Symons for extra research.
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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