AURELIA PLAYING CARDS
The Paperblanks tradition of reproducing vintage book covers showcases our appreciation of decorative bookbinding traditions. Now these beautiful designs are available in high-quality playing cards.
Our Aurelia design is fit for a king... really! The inspiration for this cover comes from a leather book bound in Paris in 1748 that held copies of King Louis XV’s procedures for Holy Week.
French nobility and their bookbinders were not noted for their restraint in the use of gold embellishment, and this gilt-edged cover is no exception. Originally crafted by Pierre-Paul Dubuisson, this design is a marvellous riot of gold-tooled rococo elements such as birds, flowers and leaves. Dubuisson was himself bookbinding royalty of a sort. He and his father specialized in almanacs decorated with gold plates, and Dubuisson became the King’s official bookbinder in 1758.
This cover, the crème de la crème of French gilt binding, is an ode to the glory of gold – the precious metal against which all others are measured.
- Standard poker deck of 52 playing cards, 2 Joker cards and 1 design story card
- High quality 300gsm card stock using FSC-certified paper
- Performance coating for a smooth finish
- Borderless back card design with perfectly mirrored imagery
- Customized face cards featuring Paperblanks branded design elements
- Full-colour printing with metallic inks on the back card design
- Shrink-wrapped deck to protect from moisture
- Durable tuck box luxuriously accented with metallic foil and embossed texturing, sealed with a custom-branded seal