Antique playing cards

Antique Playing Cards Collage Sheet by Jodie Lee Studio on @creativemarket

Unsure of age but 20th century. The cards are in the standard French style. The queen (dame) of spades is associated with Pallas. The King (roi) of clubs is associated with Alexander the Great.

INITIAL RESEARCH - SURVEY - PRIMARY Firstly, I will conduct a survey to find out if students think ice breaking games are helpful, and a useful way of getting to know people in the class. ANALYSIS The results collected from the survey show that although the participants found ice breaking games a good way of meeting new people with similar interests, they did not necessarily enjoy them. For my outcome I will produce an icebreaking game, I need to think about how I can make my game engaging…

The style of these cards is descended from the earlier seventeenth century cards of makers such as Hewson.

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Curator Tim Husband shares how Peter Flötner used playing cards as a visual polemic to convey his worldview.

Photo about Set of nine antique vintage playing card backs featuring detailed patterns. Image of grungy, brown, background - 17296202

Antique Clubs Playing Cards by marceeduggar, via Flickr ~ free printables

The best-known fantasies with playing cards are the ‘Transformation’ cards. Hand-drawing ‘transformations’ onto a pack of ordinary playing cards, with the suit symbols forming part of the overall composition, became a popular pastime 200 years ago and a test of skill in drawing. A great deal of ingenuity is required in their design. The earliest printed sets were published at the start of the 19th century, often published in the form of an almanac or sometimes known as ‘metastasis’, and…

This is a fun collection of Vintage Playing Card Images! There are some traditional style options as well as some more unusual cards included.