THE MARK OF THE MAKER
A rough brushstroke here, an echo of a thumb print there – for me, one of the great joys of antiques, from needlework samplers to 20th-century ceramics in ‘ from page 46. On the subject of master craftspeople, the first in our new series ‘ (p32) shadows a . Every day, Emma Schmuecker works on the most precious objects. And her office? A medieval barn. (Me? Jealous? Never…) While buying antiques is one of the most ways of shopping for your home, when it comes to choosing , it’s not so easy to be certain of the greenest option. Rosanna Morris finds the companies that are truly earth-friendly in our ‘ , after page 90. I have quite fallen for antiques dealer Marston Luce’s French home (p106). When he bought the 15th-century farmhouse, the ! Now, it is a charming country home, filled with both grand and humble.
