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Description: | One of eight printed paper playing cards with the Northern Italian suits. The back of the card has a blue fleur-de-lis pattern. The front of the card has an elaborate design in blue, yellow, red, green and black. This card is the Re, King, of swords. The image depicts a man with a sword in his right hand, a sceptre in his left and a yellow crown on his head. The image printed twice in different directions.
caption: Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn16139.5 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | paper (fiber product) paper playing cards Family and Home pigment | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-220616 | Go to resource |
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