Daniel Schneider has launched on Kickstarter his latest project, the beautiful Dondorf Playing Cards, a deck of cards from the late 19th century, revived and redesigned to honor those almost forgotten art pieces. According to Daniel on the campaign page,
Lithographer and printer Bernhard Dondorf founded the B. Dondorf company on April 2, 1833 as printing and trading company in Frankfurt, Germany. He specialized in high-quality print products. From 1839 they mainly focused on the production of playing cards. With this revived and redesigned deck from the late 19th century I want to honor these almost forgotten art pieces.
There are 2 versions available during the campaign- the standard edition in green and limited edition in gold. Both decks feature an elegant floral back design, in their respective colors. The floral design is also featured on the beautiful Ace of Spades and a peacock inside the Ace.
The other face cards are pretty much standard with a vintage look and feel to them. The court cards, in particular, are beautifully reproduced!
The clean artwork combined with beautiful presentation gives the vintage courts a modern appearance.
Printed by the USPCC on premium thin crushed stock with Air-Cushion finish. Pledge starts at $12 on Kickstarter.
Also, other items such as collector marble half brick boxes, poker chip, sticker, backer certificate, a limited Private Reserve Remedies and an exclusive Black Roses Supporter Edition are available during the campaign.
