Languedoc Pattern Playing Cards
61: French regional patterns: the kings
On page 11 I illustrated several examples of the regional French patterns from Sylvia Mann's collection; this is a more in-depth look at the figures of these patterns ("portraits" in French).
62: French regional patterns: the queens and jacks
Continuing our look at the figures from the regional patterns of France.
Languedoc pattern
The old Languedoc pattern was known at the beginning of the seventeenth century, if not before.