New York Puzzle Company – Bird of Decoration

Founded in 2007 by two college pals, New York Puzzle Company started with a simple idea of making a puzzle of the iconic NYC subway map. They always thought that puzzles should be more than just a fun activity to do at home – puzzles should be works of interesting art. Part fun activity and part home décor, rather than throw them away when finished, they should be kept on display.

Vogue editors offered more than 1,100 suggestions for holiday giving in the two 1914 December issues. That count does not include the present of the unattributed December 1 cover that seems to have taken inspiration from the theme of the issue, Christmas gifts, as well as a story on decorative fowl within it. The artist has created a fantastical creature that is part woman, part peacock, and part Christmas tree. In the hand of this “bird” is a muff-wearing furry creature; on her boughs, as in the magazine’s pages, is “a treasury of gift suggestions.”