Italian-Suited Playing Cards: A Photographic Archive

A Gallery of Regional Playing Cards and Standard Tarot Decks

 
A Visual Archive of Standard Patterns
ITALIAN-SUITED PLAYING CARDS

LAST UPGRADE: 15.08.2026

Selected deck:
A Trieste pack made by Glanz
INV 2687 | A Trieste-style pack made by Glanz

Conventional patterns
single-headed
double-headed
pattern name
Venetian-style playing cards
Venice pattern

Also known as Treviso pattern.
Forefather of the entire system.
Venetian pattern [21]
Udine-style (or Udinese) playing cards
Udine pattern[ENDS ∼1890]

A local variant of the Venetian pattern.
Udine pattern [1]
Trieste-style (or Triestine) playing cards
Trieste pattern

An Austrian-born pattern and the most international.
Trieste pattern [9]
Trento-style (or Trentine) playing cards
Trento pattern

An Austrian-born pattern.
Trento pattern [7]
Brescia-style (or Bresciane) playing cards
Brescia pattern

A local variant of the Trento pattern.
Brescia pattern [9]
Bergamo-style (or Bergamasche) playing cards, full-length figures
Bergamo-style (or Bergamasche) playing cards
Bergamo pattern

A local variant of the Trento pattern.
Bergamo pattern [6]
'Primiera Bolognese' playing cards
«Primiera bolognese» pattern

It shares style and designs with the Bolognese tarot pattern.
"Primiera Bolognese" pattern [5]
'Trappola' playing cards, full-length figures
'Trappola' playing cards
«Trappola» patterns[ENDS ∼1946]

This type of deck spread mainly in Austria, Bohemia and Silesia. Often with large Tarot-like cards.
"Trappola" patterns [9]

Conventional tarot patterns
court cards
trump suit
pattern name
Bolognese Tarot: court cards
Bolognese Tarot: the trumps
Bolognese tarot pattern

It shares style and designs with the «Primiera Bolognese» pattern.
Bolognese tarot pattern [4]
Florentine Tarot, or 'Minchiate': court cards
Florentine Tarot, or 'Minchiate': the trumps
Florentine tarot pattern[ENDS ∼1930]

Also known as «Minchiate», «Gèrmini» and many more.
Florentine tarot pattern [5]
Swiss Tarot: court cards
Swiss Tarot: the trumps
Swiss tarot pattern

Swiss tarot pattern [3]

Mixed system: Italian (numeral cards) and Spanish (aces and court cards).
court cards
trump suit
pattern name
Milanese, Marseillais and Flemish Tarot decks: court cards
Milanese, Marseillais and Flemish Tarot decks: the trumps
«Classic» Tarot patterns (I)

Single-headed tarots.
Milanese, Marseillaise, Flemish and others tarot patterns [13]
Piedmontese and other Tarot decks, double-headed: court cards
Piedmontese and other Tarot decks, double-headed: the trumps
«Classic» Tarot patterns (II)

Double-headed tarots.
Piedmontese and others tarot patterns [10]

All other decks (by country)
sample
sample
country (A-Z)
Greek playing cards, Italian suits
Greece

Lacking in the collection.
A deck built on the Venetian pattern.
Greece [+1]
Italian playing cards, Italian suits
Italy

Italy [1]