Beyond an early-1800s rosewood

center table, antique carved doors

lead from living area to bedroom

(right), where a pair of Persian

temple doors that belonged to

Watson’s mother adorn a wall

(below). Armchair fabric, Vervain.

INTERIOR DESIGN BY

MARSHALL WATSON

PHOTOGRAPHY BY LUKE WHITE

ST YLING BY HELEN CROWTHER

WRITTEN BY FRANCES SCHULTZ

In his Upper West Side flat, Marshall Watson

composes a symphony of exquisite blues,

harmonizing lustrous textiles with auction

finds and ancestral heirlooms.