Tarot (C.F. Carrajat, Chambéry, c. 1780) (Q14337)

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Q14337

Also known as

GRAND TARRAU

maker

François Carrajat

card type

Tarot

Suit system

Italian-suited

number of cards

78

place of origin

Chambéry

publication date

1780 (circa)

maker's mark

2D: GRAND TERRAU FIN FAIT A CHAMBERY PAR C.F. CARRAJAT

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. FRA 154, Bd. 1, 156)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA 154)

Source

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981)

Rights status

work in the public domain

Cards

• 
  Cups-Jack (Italian)
• 
  Cups-2 (Italian)
• 
  Trump II

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1780), Chambéry belonged to the territory of Königreich Sardinien. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.