This 135 piece puzzle is surprisingly challenging because there are only two different cuts to the pieces (so many pieces fit many places), and there are lots of false edges (which does help you realize you've gone wrong...). To see example pieces, click the little photo beneath the puzzle picture above. (We also offer now this image as an easier puzzle with whimsy pieces.) The fastest completion time we know of was 2 hours. The puzzle image is an 1898 pointillist painting by Georges Seurat. Seurat was influenced by the 19th century new scientific discoveries about color vision to paint with colorful dots that average out to desired colors, a technique that came to be called pointillism, and which is also the basis for most modern color printing (where it is called halftoning). Seurat is perhaps most famous for his pointillist painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grand Jatte. This painting came just a few years later, and shortly after the Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 for the World's Fair. At the time it was built, it was the tallest tower in the world. Eiffel's plans for the tower had originally been rejected by Barcelona, and the Parisian public at first felt it was an eyesore. Now, of course, it is arguably the most famous icon of Paris. All our puzzles are made of 1/4" thick real wood. This puzzle is packaged in a see-through bag.

135 pieces

laser-cut wooden jigsaw puzzle

Made in USA

7" x 11.5"