Last year, two missing altarpieces by Fra Angelico were discovered in Oxford. You’d think they’d have been tucked away in a forgotten treasure room at the Bodleian or something, but no, they were hanging behind the guest bedroom door in a local woman’s house. If only she’d gone to the Antiques Roadshow!
The paintings are due to be auctioned April 19, so if you have a spare $2 million and space on your guest bedroom wall, go for it.
Dang! Those would look perfect behind MY guest room door, but then I’d have to redecorate the rest of the room to coordinate. Just too much trouble.
See, if you’d only taken me up on the offer to send you decor, I could have helped you out. I could have sent a little box of Byzantine icons, tapestries and assorted statuary. But NOOO, someone didn’t want any more stuff, so I sold all my tapestries and graven images at the yardsale.
I’m upgrading from “dang” to “damn!” You didn’t tell me you had any graven images!!! We discussed flower pots and small mirrors! Actually, I know you’re pulling my leg because you couldn’t have gotten anybody to buy graven images at a yard sale in your town. Tapestries MAYBE.
Ok, I lied a little bit. I did have a graven Green Man, but I kept him. I also kept my wormy old icons (which I did actually have, although they are not Byzantine – I think they’re Spanish).
I do have a small silk tapestry somewhere if you want it. I think it’s Chinese. But it’s the worse for wear. Of course if that’s the atmosphere you’re striving for. . . .