Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
So an American art dealer was found to have a coffee table made of part of the dance floor of Caligula's barge. She didn't know it until a photo book documenting ancient roman uses of porphyry came out. Turns out it was part of a trove stolen by the Nazis, and her table in turn was seized and returned to Italy. The museum that now has it is offering to make her a replica. This will cost them tens of thousands, for it's exquisite work. She should take them up on the offer.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-city-womans-coffee-table-060526760.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-city-womans-coffee-table-060526760.html
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
I read about that, its an amazing story.
You could hardly make up a story so random. From Caligula to New York, weird eh.

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Stranger than fiction, as they say.
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