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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 29275, member: 44"]Wait a minute!! The following page on that "World of Playing Cards" website looks more like the pattern of yours cards. This pattern is called Rococco. It says the Rococco style of decorative arts "...has been popular with playing card designers, including versions produced by <a href="http://www.wopc.co.uk/germany/dondorf/rokoko.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wopc.co.uk/germany/dondorf/rokoko.html" rel="nofollow">Dondorf</a> and Piatnik." This pattern has the woman in white wigs holding fans, mirrors, etc... like your cards.</p><p><a href="http://www.wopc.co.uk/switzerland/rococco.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wopc.co.uk/switzerland/rococco.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wopc.co.uk/switzerland/rococco.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are 8 pages of links on the "World of Playing Cards" that mention Piatnik. You might go through them for other examples like yours.</p><p><a href="http://www.wopc.co.uk/search?search=Piatnik&id=16&sisea_offset=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wopc.co.uk/search?search=Piatnik&id=16&sisea_offset=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.wopc.co.uk/search?search=Piatnik&id=16&sisea_offset=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are relatively new decks of your cards:</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-2-decks-Ferd-Piatnik-Wien-Patience-Playing-Cards-Austria-Bird-Flowers-/301403341293?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item462d0a01ed" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-2-decks-Ferd-Piatnik-Wien-Patience-Playing-Cards-Austria-Bird-Flowers-/301403341293?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item462d0a01ed" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-2-decks-Ferd-Piatnik-Wien-Patience-Playing-Cards-Austria-Bird-Flowers-/301403341293?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item462d0a01ed</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 29275, member: 44"]Wait a minute!! The following page on that "World of Playing Cards" website looks more like the pattern of yours cards. This pattern is called Rococco. It says the Rococco style of decorative arts "...has been popular with playing card designers, including versions produced by [URL='http://www.wopc.co.uk/germany/dondorf/rokoko.html']Dondorf[/URL] and Piatnik." This pattern has the woman in white wigs holding fans, mirrors, etc... like your cards. [url]http://www.wopc.co.uk/switzerland/rococco.html[/url] Here are 8 pages of links on the "World of Playing Cards" that mention Piatnik. You might go through them for other examples like yours. [url]http://www.wopc.co.uk/search?search=Piatnik&id=16&sisea_offset=0[/url] Here are relatively new decks of your cards: [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-2-decks-Ferd-Piatnik-Wien-Patience-Playing-Cards-Austria-Bird-Flowers-/301403341293?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item462d0a01ed[/url] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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