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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Doosie Morris

‘I couldn’t stop thinking about it’: one woman’s hunt for Facebook Marketplace treasure

A woman sitting at a mid-century-era table, with a wool-weaving depicting three musicians hanging on the wall behind her
Jorja Brown, a vintage interiors curator with the Peruvian wall hanging she just couldn’t get out of her mind. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

When Jorja Brown moved into a Melbourne rental, owning only a bookshelf and a bed just as the Covid pandemic took hold, she knew furnishing her new home would be a challenge.

In her search for essential items, such as a couch, the vintage interiors curator took to the treasure-filled quagmire of Facebook Marketplace, and soon found herself obsessing over a 2 x 1.5m weaving made of pure alpaca wool and depicting a trio of musicians.

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