Product Description
Playing Cards (Carte da Gioco Trentine) (9.5cm by 5cm)(3.74'inch by 1.96'inch)
To spend an evening relaxing and having fun why not play with Trevisane cards. Contrary to what you might think, even today playing with traditional playing cards is one of the favourite past times... despite social networks, PlayStations and TV!!! Piacenza cards are undoubtedly among the most beautiful and recognizable Italian playing cards and represent, together with the Neapolitan ones, the most widespread and well-known type of deck of playing cards in Italy
North Italy has been a card-making centre since at least the 16th century but packs from that time are scarce. At some point 'standard' patterns became established in certain areas which manufacturers adhered to. It appears that the double-ended version of the ‘Trevisane’ or ‘Trevigiane’ pattern originated in the early 19th century. The designs show archaic features which would have derived from earlier prototypes, including curved, interlaced swords and long batons. Most of the full-length features have been preserved, including the head held by the executioner Jack of Swords. The King of Batons holds a coat-of-arms of Treviso, with the inscription ‘Tarvisium’ in latin, since this pattern originally came from Treviso.
