Art Nouveau Oracle
A Lenormand-type fortune-telling pack in the Art Nouveau style.
Take traditional Lenormand-type subjects – rider, ship, house, snake, fox, bear, key, anchor, cross, etc. – and add Art Nouveau decoration and this is the result. These slightly elongated cards make great use of floral decoration and the female figure, much in the style of Alphonse Mucha. Pastel colours are used throughout. The extensive booklet in five languages provides suggested meanings. See the booklet►
Above: Art Nouveau Oracle published by Lo Scarabeo, Turin, Italy, 2007. Made in the E.U. 36 cards + 32-page booklet in English, Italian, Spanish, French and German in tuck box. Size: 62 x 100 mm. © 2007 Lo Scarabeo.
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By Roddy Somerville
Member since May 31, 2022
Roddy started collecting stamps on his 8th birthday. In 1977 he joined the newly formed playing-card department at Stanley Gibbons in London before setting up his own business in Edinburgh four years later. His collecting interests include playing cards, postcards, stamps (especially playing cards on stamps) and sugar wrappers. He is a Past President of the Scottish Philatelic Society, a former Chairman of the IPCS, a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and Curator of the WCMPC’s collection of playing cards. He lives near Toulouse in France.
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