Charades Rebus Cards, Set of 52 Kutch embroidery with some smudges and minor

with some smudges and minor bends but no tears in the yellow paper of the cover

man in blue and grey alongside them

At any rate

painted/lacquered black on the reverse side

these 5 old cyanotypes of a recurring pair of water-towers

Charades Rebus Cards, Set of 52 Kutch embroidery with some smudges and minorI don't think these are very old, but I do think they're lovely and pretty cool too, and if not a one of a kind set then I think only produced as a small batch. A little reading on the history of Charades which is what the title card on these announces them to be reveals the game to be very intertwined with the use rebuses, which is how these cards operate. (Originating as as a literary riddle game in 18th century France, with charades riddles printed