Cerulean
No, sorry just looking at cardmakers, where I had copies circa 1930 to 50
You are definitely welcome to add and correct specifics for any general comment and give examples, as many here are much better with their excellent facts AND can help in greater depth!
Much of the small fragments on the Arminino cardmakers that I came across were later editiions, and serraville and Genovese names, but this is circa 1890 or after, so I cannot say. The decks with Arminino names seemed to copy the Soprafino of 1845 of di Gumppenburg and another was a a woodcut...it looked similar to the Lamperti. My other Arminino was a sibilla....you probably have earlier decks than what I saw in the Fournir catalogue and my limited collectiom.
If you can tell me please more about these patterns and cardmakers for the questioner and myself, I would be happy.
Thanks.
You are definitely welcome to add and correct specifics for any general comment and give examples, as many here are much better with their excellent facts AND can help in greater depth!
Much of the small fragments on the Arminino cardmakers that I came across were later editiions, and serraville and Genovese names, but this is circa 1890 or after, so I cannot say. The decks with Arminino names seemed to copy the Soprafino of 1845 of di Gumppenburg and another was a a woodcut...it looked similar to the Lamperti. My other Arminino was a sibilla....you probably have earlier decks than what I saw in the Fournir catalogue and my limited collectiom.
If you can tell me please more about these patterns and cardmakers for the questioner and myself, I would be happy.
Thanks.
hi cerulea
could you be more specific on that? Because I guess it's the other way round: the piedmontese pattern being copied by some milanese cardmaker...
then, as the divination tradition in piedmont predates the esoteric vogue (in etteilla he states that he learned how to read tarots from a piedmontese man) I suppose there were a lot of readers who used piedmontese double sided cards as reading tools. (you can still find old double sided decks with writings on them...)