Wednesday, February 22, 2012

In the cards.


I found this deck of Flemish playing cards from the late 1400s and found something I had never seen before in the manner of garb: look at the men's stockings. Is that fancy embroidery on the thigh? I think it is!

Check out the entire page here -- http://www.wopc.co.uk/france/flemish-hunting-deck.html

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