A new look with French antiques
The finial used to decorate the foyer is one of the architectural fragments Martha collects. Her love of antiques has to do with curiosity -- the story, even the legacy, behind the object. Who owned it, where was it, and what was it all like? she wonders. "It's a fragment from something," she says. "The past is gone, but yet that's still with us." SEAN DRAKES/Special