Frawgge Mfrg. Co. by Edward Gorey – 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle (Pomegranate)

In a drawing room papered top to bottom in a small yellow-green motif, the founder of the Frawgge Manufacturing Company glowers from a gilt frame in top hat and fur-collared coat, his factory smoking behind him. Edward Gorey fills the room beneath: teacups spilled across the floor, a crocodile draped over the peach settee, a frog on the tea tray, bearded men in tweed talking past one another, and out through the tall window, on the balustraded lawn, things have clearly gone badly wrong.

The wallpaper covers a third of the sheet in one repeating motif with no landmarks, so it is best left until the furniture and figures are in. Finished size 68.5 x 50.8cm.