Playing Cards from Morocco
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Cartes La Gazelle, Casablanca
Cartes La Gazelle, manufactured by Imprimerie de L’Entente, Casablanca



Moroccan Bank of Commerce and Industry
Advertising pack for the Moroccan Bank of Commerce and Industry, 1986.

Moroccan pattern by Camoin & Cie.
Spanish Moroccan pattern by J.B. Camoin and A. Camoin & Cie, Casablanca & Marseille.

Playing cards in Morocco
The earliest literary references to playing cards in Europe refer to the game having been introduced by a 'Saracen', and also to Moorish and Damascene varieties of playing card.