Spanish National Pattern Playing Cards
“Abd-el-Kader” by Fossorier, Amar et Cie for Algeria
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish National pattern produced by Fossorier, Amar et Cie (Paris) for Algeria, around 1902.
A. Camoin & Cie, Casablanca & Marseille
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish national pattern by A. Camoin & Cie, Casablanca & Marseille
Algeria
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish suited playing cards produced by B. P. Grimaud (Paris) for Algeria, around 1910.
Anonymous
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by Simon Wintle
Anonymous Moroccan Playing Cards for Royal Air Maroc airlines and others...
Bartolo Borrego, Mexico
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by Simon Wintle
40-card Spanish-suited woodblock and stencil pack made in Mexico by Bartolo Borrego, 1836.
Benoist Laius
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish playing cards such as these were used in those parts of France where certain games were enjoyed, such as Aluette.
Félix Solesio e Hijos
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by Simon Wintle
Félix Solesio e Hijos - Real Fábrica de Madrid - Spanish National pattern for Venezuela
Félix Solesio e Hijos
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by Simon Wintle
Félix Solesio e Hijos, Fábrica de Macharaviaya, Spanish National pattern for West Indies, 1801.
J. M. Gandarillas, Buenos Aires, c.1815
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by Simon Wintle
Playing cards believed to have been designed in 1815 by the Chilean immigrant Manuel José Gandarillas in Buenos Aires and published the following year.
Juan de Brugada
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish National pattern by Juan de Brugada e hijo, Real Fábrica de Madrid, 1821.
Naipes Artiguistas, 1816
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by Simon Wintle
Naipes Artiguistas published in Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Rios province (Argentina) in 1816, by Fray Solano García.
P. Buscaglia: Spanish-suited cards
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish-suited cards published by P. Buscaglia, Mele & Genova.
Pedro Rotxotxo
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by Simon Wintle
Standard Spanish National pattern by Pedro Rotxotxo, Barcelona, late 18th century.
Playing Cards from Ecuador
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by Simon Wintle
There has been very little playing card manufacture in Ecuador. Cards are mostly supplied from Colombia, Argentina & Spain. Known brand names include: Willy Wilson, La Raspa and El Heraldo. Some locally-made tourist souvenir packs are also known including Naipe Ciudad de Quito and Galapagos Islands souvenir cards.
Real Fábrica de Macharaviaya
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by Simon Wintle
This is the official Spanish National pattern of the 18th century. Design and production was controlled from Madrid as a source of national or regional revenue. The factory was located in the town of Macharaviaya, in the province of Málaga.
Spanish National Pattern
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by Simon Wintle
Probably originating in Spain in the seventeenth century or even earlier, this pattern became strongly established by the Catalan cardmakers Rotxotxo of Barcelona.
Xilografías de Mallorca
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish National pattern re-printed from original woodblocks which are preserved in the monastery at Valdemosa, Mallorca, c.1960.