Eight of Clubs; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Three of Diamonds; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Three of Clubs; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Six of Diamonds; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Three of Spades; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Queen of Hearts; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Five of Clubs; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Eight of Diamonds; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.King of Clubs; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Five of Spades; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.King of Spades; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Seven of Spades; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Queen of Clubs; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Six of Spades; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Knave of Clubs; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Knave of Spades; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Five of Diamonds; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.King of Diamonds; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Four of Hearts; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.One of Hearts; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Seven of Hearts; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.One of a set of playing cards in woven silk with a print of a halbedier supporting the arms of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany on the reverseNine of Spades; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Knave of Diamonds; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.King of Hearts; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Nine of Hearts; Playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Seven of Clubs; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Two of Hearts; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Two of Spades; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.One of Diamonds; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Nine of Clubs; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.This card in woven silk comes from a pack of forty eight (all the tens are missing). The backs of the cards in the pack, which are all identical, are covered with a seventeenth century print of a halbedier holding a shield bearing the arms of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany. The backs are wrapped around the edge of the woven image, a characteristic of Italian packs of the period. The Court cards (King, Queen and Knave) are based on a French design known as the Auvergne pattern. These cards may have been made as a gift, possibly a wedding present. The six of Hearts has the name of the maker, Giovanni Panichi, and his weavers’ mark, woven into the design.Four of Clubs; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Seven of Diamonds; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Four of Spades; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Knave of Hearts; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Nine of Diamonds; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Two of Diamonds; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Queen of Spades; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Eight of Spades; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.One of Clubs; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Four of Diamonds; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.One of Spades; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Three of Hearts; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Two of Clubs; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Queen of Diamonds; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Five of Hearts; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Eight of Hearts; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.Six of Clubs; playing card in woven silk with print of a halbedier used as the back from a pack of forty eight; Florentine; circa 1730-40.