Patent Model - Improvement in Playing Cards
Maker and role
Isaac Levy, Patentee
Production date
Jun 20 1876
Object detail
Media/Materials
Paper
Measurements
16 x 21 1/2 x 1 3/4" (40.6 x 54.6 x 4.4cm)
Description
The object of Levy's patent "is to vary and increase the combinations, especially numerically, that can be made with a pack of playing-cards, and to enable players not only to vary and increase the interest in those games now in vogue, but by the use of my improved cards to play a variety of games of which the ordinary playing-cards are not susceptible." (Patent Number 178,863)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.2202
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