Rhineland Pattern by KZWP
Rhineland pattern by KZWP.
Above: Rhineland pattern with English indices printed by KZWP, c.1986. The ace of hearts, with the Cracow coat-of-arms, has a different font for the indices, and has four indices while the other cards all have two. Housed in an unmarked silk-lined bridge box with no indication of a brand name. Image courtesy Matt Probert.
Newer Design
Above: from an uncut sheeet of “Classic playing cards Nr.490” with decorative aces based on the Rhineland pattern printed by KZWP-Trefl, 2003.
Rhineland Pattern by F. X. Schmid for The Netherlands, c.1990
Above: Rhineland Pattern for The Netherlands by F. X. Schmid, c.1990.
Rhineland Pattern by Ferd Piatnik & Söhne, Vienna, 1996
Above: Rhineland Pattern for Copenhagen by Ferd Piatnik & Söhne, Vienna, 1996.
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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