Simon Wintle
- Spain • Member since February 01, 1996
I am the founder of The World of Playing Cards (est. 1996), a website dedicated to the history, artistry and cultural significance of playing cards and tarot. Over the years I have researched various areas of the subject, acquired and traded collections and contributed as a committee member of the IPCS and graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal. Having lived in Chile, England, Wales, and now Spain, these experiences have shaped my work and passion for playing cards. Amongst my achievements is producing a limited-edition replica of a 17th-century English pack using woodblocks and stencils—a labour of love. Today, the World of Playing Cards is a global collaborative project, with my son Adam serving as the technical driving force behind its development. His innovative efforts have helped shape the site into the thriving hub it is today. You are warmly invited to become a contributor and share your enthusiasm.
Impuestos Internos Sobre Naipes
Duty was first introduced on playing cards in Argentina in 1892, as part of the Internal Duties law, and in 1896 the first duty labels were printed to be used on packets of 1 gross packs.
E. Flaiban - Paisanito S.R.L.
E. Flaiban - Paisanito, Buenos Aires c.1953.
Naipes Inca for Hoechst Karidium
Naipes Inca for Hoechst Karidium by C. Della Penna S.A.C.I., Buenos Aires, c.1973.
Disney Club
Disney Club card game by Cromy, 1990.
Cromy card games
Juegos de Cartas Cromy card games made in Argentina 1983-1995
Naipes Guarany, c.1940
Naipes Guarany by C. Della Penna S.A. playing card manufacturer and publisher, Buenos Aires, c.1940.
C. Della Penna & Cía, Bs Aires, c.1930-1978
C. Della Penna S.A. playing card manufacturer and publisher, Buenos Aires, c.1930-1978.
Naipes Guarany, c.1945-64
Naipes Guarany by C. Della Penna S.A.C.I., Buenos Aires, c.1945-64.
Naipes Congreso by C. Della Penna S.A., c.1966
Naipes Congreso by C. Della Penna S.A. playing card manufacturer and publisher, Buenos Aires, c.1966.
VELCAP, c.1960-65
Advertising pack for Lutz Ferrando y Cía Opticians, c.1960.
Alf Cooke’s Playing Cards
Alf Cooke was an important producer of playing cards and card games in the UK during the period 1920-1970.
Cía General Fabril Financiera S.A.
Founded in 1889 as Compañía General de Fósforos, and favoured by certain economic factors, the firm provided a range of general printing and publishing services, with interests in textiles and other industrial processes. In 1929 the firm became known as Compañía General Fabril Financiera S.A.
John Sterling - Distigráfica S.R.L.
John Sterling publishes budget-grade playing cards in Argentina.
Juegos Victoria | Juguetes Royal
Juegos Victoria – Juguetes Royal – publishers of children’s card games in Argentina during the 1960s and ‘70s.
Naipes Inca by Della Penna S.A., c.1965
Naipes Inca Spanish-suited playing cards manufactured by Della Penna S.A., Buenos Aires, c.1965-70.
Naipes Inca by C. Della Penna S.A., c.1943-65
Naipes Inca Spanish-suited playing cards by C. Della Penna S.A., Buenos Aires, c.1943-65.
Mask
Mask card game published by Cromy, Argentina, 1988.
Production Methods for Small Scale Editions
Some alternative approaches to producing small, hand-made editions of playing cards
Traditional English Court
Games & Print Services Ltd traditional English courts.
Games & Print Services
Games & Print Services Limited, of Canvey Island, now part of Cartamundi.
Playing Card Design
The playing card calls for artistic treatment and although the constrained size imposes some limitations there is an almost bewildering wealth and variety of designs in playing cards and their tuck boxes. The serious player requires design to be unobtrusive so that aesthetic considerations remain in...
United Kingdom
Playing cards first arrived in England during the 15th century, but none have survived from such an early date.
Significado de los Naipes Españoles
Cartomantic meanings of Spanish playing cards by Benita the Witch (XVI century), published by Chocolates Nelia, c.1932.
List of Argentinian Playing Card Manufacturers
List of Argentinian Playing Card Manufacturers from the 19th and 20th centuries.
The History of Playing Cards
Playing Cards have been around in Europe since the 1370s. Some early packs were hand painted works of art which were expensive and affordable only by the wealthy. But as demand increased cheaper methods of production were discovered so that playing cards became available for everyone...
Waddington’s Playing Cards
John Waddington Limited was a leading producer of playing cards and card games in the UK during the period 1922-1995. The company had been founded in the nineteenth century by Mr John Waddington and Wilson Barratt as Waddingtons Ltd.
History of Court Cards
The court cards in English packs of playing cards derive from models produced by Pierre Marechal in Rouen around 1565. A pack of such cards is preserved in the museum at Rouen.
‘El Cid’ designed by E. Pastor, Valencia, Spain, c.1875
‘El Cid’ fantasy playing cards designed by E. Pastor, Valencia, Spain, c.1875
16th century cards discovered in Peru
Fragments of playing cards and 2 dice were unearthed in a 16th century rubbish tip adjacent to a Spanish house in the lower Rimac Valley in Peru, providing evidence of games played by early Spanish settlers.
2000Pips Transformation Pack
2000Pips Transformation Pack
4 Seasons Playing Cards
Colours of the Four Seasons - Playing Card Art Deck
About Catherine Kelly
Catherine Kelly, M.A. Paint and Print, B.A. History of Art and Fine Art Painting, is an artist working in Dublin
About Emily Arkin
Emily Arkin is an artist from Somerville, MA.
About Georgina Harvey
Georgina Harvey worked together with Karl Gerich.
About Heraclio Díaz
Heraclio Díaz lives in the Canary Islands (Spain).
About Karl Gerich (1956-2016)
About Karl Alexander Gerich, 23rd April 1956 — 4th January 2016
About Peter Wood
Peter Wood is a UK based artist.
About Shelley Fowles
Shelley Fowles was born in South Africa but has lived in the United Kingdom since 1979. She trained in Art in Brighton and London.
About Witta Jensen
WITTA JENSEN… on the cards.
Adametz, Vienna
Cards from a 54-card "Austrian Tarock" or "Industrie und Glück Tarock" pack made by Franz Adametz of Vienna, c.1948. This type of pack originated around the middle of the 19th century and was used (and still is) in Austria and Hungary.
Advertising Playing-Cards by La Cubana, S.A, Mexico c.1960
Advertising Playing-Cards by La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1960.
Airwolf
Airwolf card game, CROMY, Argentina
Algeria
Spanish suited playing cards produced by B. P. Grimaud (Paris) for Algeria, around 1910.
Amalgamated Playing Card Co., Ltd
Agreement had been reached between Waddington's and De La Rue during the second world war for Waddington's to manufacture playing cards for De la Rue. Thus the Amalgamated Playing Card Company was born but it remained an unofficial name for many years.
Animal Tarok by Jean Friedrich Mayer (1752-1783)
Animal Tarok by Jean Friedrich Mayer (1752-1783).
Animals Quartet printed for Cigarrillos El Figaro, Peru
Animals Quartet game printed for Cigarrillos El Figaro, Peru, early 1900s.
Anna Gaber
Anna Gaber playing cards from Poland.