From 'The World of Playing Cards': In this gracefully designed pack each Ace shows views of two European capital cities. Italy and Switzerland are represented on the Ace of Clubs. The Ace of Hearts shows the capital of Russia as St. Petersburg. London is represented by the Houses of Parliament and Paris by Notre Dame cathedral. The pack was exported to several European countries. The graphic appeal of the artwork lies in the well delineated outlines and flowing curves, with attractive ornamental detail reminiscent of Art Nouveau, as in the Queens' veils and ribbons which also occur in the Aces. Published from 1910-1933.

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.

The restoration of the Dondorf "Hundertjahrkarte" (1933) restoration sets was masterfully crafted in Greece by Lotrek of Oath Playing Cards. It was funded on Kickstarter. During the reprint process of the sets , Cartamundi overprinted 10% of the gilded decks. UnitedCardists.com had precisely 30 extra gilded decks and sold the decks at $73 on their UCdecksales site. This deck is exactly the same as the gilded restoration deck in terms of the cards and gilding. However to distinguish it from the restoration set, the deck was sold in a plain white windowed tuck box and without the players edition deck. The box is not sealed or wrapped, but the deck of cards come wrapped in cellophane. For more info: https://ucdecksales.com/collections/frontpage/products/dondorf-hundertjahrkarte-restoration-gilded-deck-only

Gilded deck has a gold strip in the cellophane