Playing Cards from France
Grand Jeu Lenormand
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by Simon Wintle
A pack of 54 playing-cards for fortune-telling each card containing a number of zodiacal, classical and modern images with a miniature card of the conventional type at top left and a letter of the alphabet at top right.
Guyenne Pattern - Portrait de Guyenne
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by Simon Wintle
The Guyenne pattern emerged from the earlier Languedoc pattern.
History of Court Cards
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by Simon Wintle
The court cards in English packs of playing cards derive from models produced by Pierre Marechal in Rouen around 1565. A pack of such cards is preserved in the museum at Rouen.
Holidays – les côtes françaises
Holiday destinations around the French coast as depicted by Pauline Launay.
Hôtels-Grils Campanile
Publicity pack for the Campanile hotel and restaurant chain featuring French provincial costumes, with designs by James Hodges.
Instructive and Educational Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Playing cards with an educational and instructive purpose first trended in mid-17th century France, inspiring imitations on a growing number of topics such as Arithmetic, Fortification and Military Science, Geometry, Grammar, Heraldry, Cartography, Biographies, Mythology, History, Political Satire, and so on.
Jacques Branger designs for Miro Company
Luxury packs published by Miro Company (Paris) featuring designs by Jacques Branger, c.1940s.
Jean Noblet Tarot de Marseille
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by Simon Wintle
Jean Noblet: the oldest known ‘Tarot de Marseille’ deck, Paris, c.1650.
Jeanne d’Arc, “La pucelle d’Orléans”
Joan of Arc and her contemporaries in a colourful pack designed by Patrice Louis.
Jeu d'aluette by Fossorier, Amar et Cie
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by Simon Wintle
A very distinctive 48-card Spanish-suited pack is used to play Aluette.
Jeu D’Aluettes - Boéchat Frères c.1950
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by Simon Wintle
Jeu D’Aluettes manufactured by Boéchat Frères, Bordeaux, c.1950 with archaic Spanish features mixed with the standard Catalan pattern