Bartolo Borrego, Mexico
40-card Spanish-suited woodblock and stencil pack made in Mexico by Bartolo Borrego, 1836.
Bartolo Borrego, Mexico, 1836
...the old ‘Spanish National’ pattern
Borrego was manufacturing cards at least until the 1860s, and his packs were based on the old Spanish National pattern produced in Macharaviaya. The signature on the four of cups is believed to be related to some form of taxation or inspection regime similar to the system used in Spain.
Above: 24 cards from a 40-card woodblock and stencil pack made in Mexico by Bartolo Borrego, 1836. Cards courtesy of Juan José Pérez-Castejón.
See also: Mexico • Spanish Playing Cards • Navarra 17th Century • Early References • History of Playing Cards • Seville 17th Century • Spanish National Pattern • The Money Bag pattern • Pedro Bosio • Gothic Spanish-Suited Cards • Rotxotxo Inventories • Joan Barbot • Gandarillas • Naipes Artiguistas • Naipe Victoria • Naipes Nacionales • Souvenir of Mexico • El Fenix • El León • Gallo • Baraja Taurina • Aztec Playing Cards • Aeronaves de Mexico • Anonymous Manufacturers • La Cubana • Camacho • Editorial RAF • Pierrot • Acapulco Souvenir • Pronaco • Juegos y Fichas • Naipes Gacela • Macharaviaya
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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