Tarot Card

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Artist/Maker	F. Piatnik & Söhne (Publisher)
Place of origin	Vienna (published)

Colour process engraving playing card.

Object details

Categories	Playing Cards & Tarot Cards Entertainment & Leisure Games Prints
Object type	Tarot card
Materials and techniques	Colour process engraving Printing Ink Process Engraving
Brief description	F. Piatnik & Söhne. One of 52 tarock (tarot) cards, from a pack of 54, the atout II and the king of Hearts missing. Consisting of four suits of Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and Spades and 21 atouts, in the original wrapper. Vienna, 1945-1950.
Physical description	Colour process engraving playing card.
Dimensions	Height: 2.5in (Each card) Width: 2.5in (Each card) Dimensions taken from: Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962
Content description	The playing card depicts two figures, one on either side, set in a landscape with rose bushes and an expansive pale blue sky with pink clouds. One figure is a male musician in a red, yellow and white harlequin costume with a white ruff, playing a xylophone and with a blade hanging from his waist. The other figure is a woman with plaited hair, in a full patterned dress, playing a tambourine.
Credit line	Given by Mr. Godfrey Lias
Subjects depicted	Mountains Rose Bush Musicians Blades Xylophones Tambourines Landscapes Clouds Belts Plaits
Associated objects	E.30:1-1951 (Set) E.30:2-1951 (Set) E.30:3-1951 (Set) E.30:4-1951 (Set) E.30:5-1951 (Set) E.30:6-1951 (Set) E.30:7-1951 (Set) E.30:8-1951 (Set) E.30:9-1951 (Set) E.30:10-1951 (Set) E.30:11-1951 (Set) E.30:12-1951 (Set) E.30:13-1951 (Set) E.30:14-1951 (Set) E.30:15-1951 (Set) E.30:16-1951 (Set) E.30:17-1951 (Set) E.30:18-1951 (Set) E.30:19-1951 (Set) E.30:20-1951 (Set) E.30:21-1951 (Set) E.30:22-1951 (Set) E.30:23-1951 (Set) E.30:24-1951 (Set) E.30:25-1951 (Set) E.30:26-1951 (Set) E.30:27-1951 (Set) E.30:28-1951 (Set) E.30:29-1951 (Set) E.30:30-1951 (Set) E.30:31-1951 (Set) E.30:32-1951 (Set) E.30:33-1951 (Set) E.30:34-1951 (Set) E.30:35-1951 (Set) E.30:36-1951 (Set) E.30:37-1951 (Set) E.30:38-1951 (Set) E.30:39-1951 (Set) E.30:40-1951 (Set) E.30:41-1951 (Set) E.30:42-1951 (Set) E.30:43-1951 (Set) E.30:44-1951 (Set) E.30:45-1951 (Set) E.30:46-1951 (Set) E.30:47-1951 (Set) E.30:48-1951 (Set) E.30:49-1951 (Set) E.30:50-1951 (Set) E.30:51-1951 (Set) E.30:52-1951 (Set)
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.30:1-1951

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O595093/tarot-card-f-piatnik/

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