Playing cards
by or after De La Rue & Co
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
c. 1830 - c. 1845
Materials
Card
Measurements
22 x 70 mm; 95 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1517612
Summary
London de la rue &co playing cards set with purple blue flowers at the back contained in a white cardboard box with green writing: "The Chaser playing card WHS&S". See NT 997308.
Full description
Thomas De La Rue and Company Ltd started manufacturing playing cards in 1832 and was the major playing cards producer in Britain together with Charles Goodall and son by 1850. Thomas De La Rue sold his playing card business to Waddingtons in 1969.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.
Makers and roles
by or after De La Rue & Co, manufacturer