Ripe and Overripe Fruit, Satisfying Antique Still Life on Artist Board handmade rubber band gun which are amplifying my desire

which are amplifying my desire for a wonderful old wooden desk across the surface of which I'd spread out all manner of vintage desk accessories

top flap has torn loose

--but I don't know for sure

It would be especially dramatic filled with large white lilies or a few tall flowering branches

Ripe and Overripe Fruit, Satisfying Antique Still Life on Artist Board handmade rubber band gun which are amplifying my desireThe luminous orange of this antique oil on board still life drew me like a magnet from a distance I thought at first oranges, but now I'm thinking maybe peaches, or even apricots? Whatever the case, perfectly complemented by the abundance of deep plum fruits surrounding them small plums I think (the right sort of greens) looking as they've just been plucked. Then this well bruised banana in front of them, lending a sense of momento mori to it all