Artisan Tarot

Portrait de Paris Poker Deck

Name: Portrait de Paris Poker Deck
Brand: Artisan Tarot
Price: 15.00 USD
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J. Trioullier published The Jeu de cartes au portrait de Paris between 1735 and 1751. Krisztina Kondor restored these cards based on the scanned images in the National Library of France.

The deck includes 55 cards, which include two jokers and a double-backer. This first edition is limited to 1000 decks. Each deck is individually numbered on the seal.

This is your chance to go back in time and use the most popular French playing cards of the 18th century. This historic deck will be an excellent addition to your collection.

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Artisan Tarot Portrait de Paris Poker Deck

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Artist

Krisztina Kondor

Cards

55

Size

2.5 x 3.5 inches

Material

300 gsm card stock with a linen finish

Guidebook

Not included

Krisztina Kondor

Krisztina is the co-founder of Artisan Tarot. She has a Master’s Degree in Design from The University of Sopron. She specializes in linocut printmaking, which is similar to how tarot cards were produced. This background gives her unique insight into digitally restoring historic artwork. To date, she has created 16 tarot decks for Artisan Tarot.

Additional Information

Historical Information

Click here to view the original deck.

These cards contain the suits which we recognize as clubs, hearts, spades, and diamonds. Unlike modern decks, the number cards lack the familiar index displaying their value.

A feature of the original deck is that each pip on the cards is unique because they are handmade. Instead of designing one pip and copying it across all the pips, Krisztin took care to illustrate each pip individually, maintaining its unique characteristics.

Around 1780, the Paris pattern gained prominence in France and acquired the name portrait officiel. Notably, these cards held the exclusive privilege of associating the face cards with historical and mythical characters.

Click here to learn more about the cards and their associations.

The names of the figures are displayed on the sides of the court cards, making them easy to identify. Interestingly, the Jack of Clubs is an exception, bearing the names J. Trioullier and G. Paris. In contemporary decks with similar patterns, this card is often denoted as Lancelot.

During the 1700s, the inclusion of jokers and back designs was not commonplace. To make the deck fit contemporary norms, Krisztina created two jokers by combining the suits and the dog from the Jack of Spades. Additionally, she created a back design, drawing inspiration from the ornate patterns adorning the court cards.

My playing card size Noblet deck is exquisite. Perhaps this is blasphemous, but I may mix the pips with the minor arcana of a RWS deck that is exactly the same size - to explore & enrich my Marseille reading.

This was my very first Artisan Tarot purchase, and it did not disappoint. As much as I love using Tarot, I have been feeling that I need more playing card decks for Divination, and this one had drawn me immediately, especially as I have two good friends, both who use my Psychic Services, who have a love affair with Paris, France. I love how these cards feel, both physically, to the touch, as well as Psychically, and they are very visually pleasing, too. I cannot begin to tell you how much I was impressed with both the ease of ordering from the Artisan Tarot Website, as well as all the communications I received about when to expect my order. I AM definitely a very satisfied customer.

I bought them out of curiosity, I really like Tarots, I have quite a few in my collection, but I have been surprised with this deck and its restoration. They are very nice to the touch, with a suitable size and very easy to handle. I am very happy with this acquisition.

Lovely cards! Communication excellent and fast delivery to the UK.

Really excellent reproduction/renovation.

I can see how much care and attention went into making this deck. The court cards are delightful of course, but my favorite thing about this deck is actually the pips. Each pip is individually hand-drawn, which gives the deck a tremendous amount of character and charm.

Portrait de Paris Poker Deck

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