Playing Cards from France
Miniature French fashion playing cards
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by Paul Symons
Tiny 19th.century ‘Cartes Mignonnes’ playing cards depicting the fashions of the period
Molière par Dubout
Characters and scenes from plays by Molière as drawn by the cartoonist Albert Dubout.
Monuments de Paris
‘Monuments de Paris’ souvenir playing cards produced by Heraclio Fournier, c.1964.
Nouvel Eteila ou le petit nécromancien
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by Simon Wintle
“Nouvel Eteila ou le petit nécromancien” cartomancy cards from France, late 18th century.
O. Gibert, Paris c.1840-60
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by Simon Wintle
Gibert was a master card-maker whose fashionable playing cards were of a very high standard.
Oriental Scenes tarock
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by Simon Wintle
Trumps have oriental scenes on one end of the card, and mermaids, mermen, assorted sea serpents and monsters on the other end.
Paris 2024 Olympics 1
Modern Paris pattern courts, special ace and jokers for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Paris 2024 Olympics 2
A standard French Tarot game pack with passing references to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
Paris 2024 Olympics 3
Paris Games mascot Phryge engaged in different sports in a Happy Families-type game.
Paris Pattern
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by Simon Wintle
The Paris pattern was established as such around the middle of the seventeenth century (based, perhaps, on the cards of Hector of Troyes).
Paris pattern for WWII troops
Wartime edition of standard designs with fewer colours, a special back design and an overprint.
Paris pattern variant from Lyon, c1900
Updated courts retaining elements of a standard French pack by C. Gerentes, Lyon.
Paris Scenes
“Paris Story” playing cards published by Éditions Philibert, c.1957, showing photographic scenes of Paris.
Parisian Actors and Opera Singers
Extraordinary ‘Actors and Opera Singers’ deck printed by Avril et Cie, Paris, c.1865