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CARTES DECOR ILLUSIONNISTE [1 record]

Record 1 1985-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Card Games
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
OBS

The suit signs have been ingeniously worked into a different humorous pictorial design for each card.

OBS

Cards playing ... Clever transformations, wherein the suit signs form part of the designs, were reflections of sentiments and fashions of the times, and some such issues were quite humorous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de cartes
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)

Spanish

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