Minchiate Tarot Playing Card with Nine Rosettes

A rectangular playing card with a cream paper border and thin red and dark rule lines. Nine yellow and green rosettes, each with a red center, are arranged in two columns with one at the middle, and four small red dots fill the gaps. The stencil-colored woodblock design shows slight wear along the edges.

Artist

Unknown

Date

17th century

Medium

Stencil-colored woodblock print

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1622 × 2547 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum