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Far East

Far East

Far East playing cards with designs by Isabel Ibáñez de Sendadiano, c.1980.

Folk Cards

Folk Cards

Folk Cards designed by Krystyna Gruchalska-Bunsch for Lot Polish Airlines, 1962.

Folklore No.169

Folklore No.169

Austrian Folklore deck first published by Piatnik in 1934.

Four Races

Four Races

“Four Races” playing cards designed by Latvian artist Vilnis Rasa in 1989.

Frozen Court - The Aethiopic Rendering

Frozen Court - The Aethiopic Rendering

A deck made specifically for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the first African-american college fraternity, for their 2000 convention.

Game of Nations

Game of Nations

The “Game of Nations” depicting caricatures of traditional costumes manufactured by McLoughlin Brothers, USA 1890s.

Ganjifa™

Ganjifa™

A colourful pack of round cards with Ganjifa designs by Asha Industries, Mumbai, India, 2002.

Garuda Indonesia

Garuda Indonesia

Souvenir playing cards from Garuda Indonesia Airlines, the national airline of Indonesia.

Gaucho Naipes

Gaucho Naipes

‘Gaucho’ Spanish-suited deck, anonymous manufacturer, made in Argentina, 2001.

Gaucho Playing Cards

Gaucho Playing Cards

Florencio de los Ángeles Molina Campos (1891-1959) produced the artwork for his series of Gaucho playing cards from 1944 to 1958.

Habesha playing cards

Habesha playing cards

Habesha playing cards published by “Ethiopian Reflection”

Handmade playing cards

Handmade playing cards

Non-standard designs on Nepalese handmade paper for Pilgrims Book House, Kathmandu, Nepal, c.2000.

Happy Families of the World

Happy Families of the World

Happy Families of the World published by Pepys Games, 1963.

Happy Playing Cards

Happy Playing Cards

Cheerful, colourful designs on handmade paper from Nepal.

Hawaiian playing cards

Hawaiian playing cards

Hawaiian playing cards in the style of classic Hawaiian wood carvings, USA, 2015.

Heathen Wars

Heathen Wars

German-suited ‘Heathen War’ playing cards published by Joseph Fetscher, Munich, c.1820.

Hotel Lena

Hotel Lena

Hotel Lena playing cards published by Bichik in Yakutsk in 2001.

Iceland Mythological Playing Cards

Iceland Mythological Playing Cards

Iceland Mythological Playing Cards designed by Sigurlinna Pétursson, 1958

Inka Naipe Souvenir

Inka Naipe Souvenir

54 colour photographs of costumes and artefacts connected with the Inca civilisation, unknown publisher, Arequipa, Peru.

Irish Historic

Irish Historic

Irish Historic Playing Cards celebrating history and art, 1920.