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PACK OF DIDACTIC PLAYING CARDS

Creator(s): Unknown (Artist) , Leningradskaia kartochnaia fabrika (Printer)

Currently in storage


About this object

The standard set of playing cards is held in a cardboard box decorated with a ornamental design. The cards are still in the thin (rice?) paper covers and images on them are not visible. The phrases "Joker Cards," "Historical," and "Extra Fine," are printed on the exterior. Presumably, because the box advertises that they are historical playing cards, the designs somehow illustrate a Marxist view of history.

Object name:
PACK OF DIDACTIC PLAYING CARDS
Made from:
Paper -- rice paper cover -- gilding
Made in:
Russia
Date made:
ca. 1917-1940
Size:
1.9 × 6 × 9.2 cm (3/4 × 2 3/8 × 3 5/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
55.53.3
Class:
PRINT
Signature marks:
INSCRIPTION Joker Cards Printed on bottom and top of box. inscription Historical Extra Fine Printed on front and back of box "Historical" presumably refers to the theme of the design. inscription Made in Russia /USSR/ Printed on flap used to close the box.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973