Florentia Antica Playing Cards by Elettra Deganello

Florentia Antica Playing Cards by Elettra DeganelloStory 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

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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.

Main decks: Antica (purple foil on the box + gold metallic ink touches inside), Nova (holographic foil on the box + yellow neon ink touches inside) and Aeterna (limited edition containing all 55+55 cards from both decks). Printed by USPCC.

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

Extra deck: Florentia Player's Edition, designed for full playability and printed by USPCC, with semi-custom courts.