Atlanta knows Sally Woo in so many ways.

• In 1966, she was one of the first women graduates in chemical engineering from Georgia Tech.

• Life magazine featured her and her husband, Robert, in 1967 when their son, Bobby, was born at Crawford Long Hospital, "the 200 millionth American."

• And just ask any decorator: Her 30-year-old business in Sandy Springs, Oriental Art, is one of the metro area's best sources for art and decorative accessories from Asia.

In a converted house on Roswell Road, Woo sells antiques, new furniture, paintings, prints, lamps, ikebana containers, porcelain, throw pillows, baskets, figurines, pottery and mah-jongg sets.

"It started as a hobby," Woo explains. "When my children were young, I really didn't want to take a 9-to-5 job. This was a way to work and be with my children."

Today, she and Robert, a retired CPA, work side by side, greeting customers and offering an encyclopedic knowledge of their inventory.

Oriental Art is perhaps best known for its collection of hand-painted silk screens and a wide assortment of wooden stands and easels for pots and art. Woo says she carries more of the highly coveted screens than most of the better-known art dealers in the country.

The stands are crafted of solid rosewood or teak; many are hand-carved. Styles range from ornate Chinese to the more spare but nonetheless elegant Japanese, and sizes go from little bigger than a milk-jug cap to a few feet in width.

Juxtapositions of these Asian cultures can be educational.

Silk scrolls from Shanghai hang near a Korean step Tansu chest. Antique blue-and-white Chinese porcelains elbow up to more rustic, tall urns from Thailand and woven baskets from the Philippines. Yet another shelf holds Japanese Imari and Kutani porcelains.