“In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets – when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.”
This three-ply paper-covered jigsaw from the Beatrix Potter book The Tailor of Gloucester, from which comes the quote, was created by Potter’s publisher Frederick Warne c.1930.
It continued in production until well after her death in 1943 but in cardboard rather than wood. It is priced at £35 from Donay Games.