modiano founded before 1884 is an italian brand of playing cards . the company was founded by saul 1 modiano in trieste and initially manufactured cigarette papers . in 1884 it diversified into lithographic printing including playing cards . in 1987 the company was taken over by the grafad group though the modiano brand is still in use for playing cards and games equipment . 2 in the 1930s modiano s advertising posters were created by artists including s ndor bortnyik and these are now reproduced for sale . 3 4 references edit mario modiani obituary . the telegraph . 7 february 2013 . retrieved 10 october 2014 . the company history . modiano . retrieved 10 october 2014 . modiano cigarette papers giclee print . allposters . retrieved 10 october 2014 . modiano cigarette papers art deco advert 1920s 30x40cm art print . amazon.co.uk . retrieved 10 october 2014 . external links edit official website cigarette paper and revolution . dieselpunks . 8 february 2012 . retrieved 10 october 2014 . includes images of many modiano posters this italian corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title modiano company & oldid 634733955 categories italian company stubsplaying card manufacturershidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 20 november 2014 at 20 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view