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Florentia Antica Playing Cards USPCC

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Florentia Antica Playing Cards USPCC

$19.99 USD
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Florentia Antica Playing Cards

The Italian city of Florence needs no presentation: it is a synonym for art, history and timeless beauty.

Passione Playing Cards is proud to present to you Florentia, the project of custom playing cards celebrating the birthplace of the Renaissance - passionately designed by Elettra Deganello.

Florentia Antica represents a classical and elegant vision of Florence. Touches of gold enrich the detailed black and white illustrations.

Depicted in Florentia Antica, you can find important historical figures from Florence; as concerns the all custom aces, they represent some of the most iconic sculptures and monuments that you'd admire when visiting Florence - especially the so-called 'Loggia dei Lanzi'.

Florentia Antica ("antica" means 'ancient' in Italian) and Florentia Nova ("nova" translates to 'new') represent two different visions on the same concept: to overwhelm collectors and playing cards lovers with a notable abundance of breathtaking art, history and beauty... just like the city of Florence does with its visitors.

Elettra Deganello, the author, explains the two decks this way: "Florentia Antica represents a classic and balanced vision of beauty, in which architecture and rationality play a predominant role."

The Jokers of Florentia Antica are Giotto, one of the most famous Italian painters and architects (legend says he was able to draw a perfect circle by hand) and the "Marzocco", the heraldic lion and symbol of the city of Florence.

Purple foil on the box + gold metallic ink touches inside, printed by USPCC.

Fully custom and totally different back design, court cards, Aces and Jokers - for a total of 36 meticulously hand-drawn figures.

2021 Release

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Beautiful art from Elettra

Florentia Antica is a beautiful deck of cards produced lovingly well by Electra. The deck has excellent illustrated art depicting Florencian symbols, people, and artwork. The back design is elegant with some excellent usage of purple. The faces are fully custom and fans and spreads are sublime regardless of whether you fan the backs or the faces. Elettra has clearly put heart into this deck and the others of the Florentia series. Handling is excellent, though most people won't use this deck for cardistry. Magicians could find a niche for it, and table play could use this as a wonderful conversation piece during a game. That said, this is clearly an art deck, and a beautiful one at that!

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