On a recent trip to London, I spent a morning wandering the antiquity galleries of the British Museum and was reminded — as I always am — that so many patterns and designs we use today are actually as ...

Washington - So many patterns and designs we use today are actually as old as time. Perhaps there is no motif this is truer of than the Greek key, which is even older than its name suggests.

It sounds too good to be true: A design element that works in traditional and modern, casual and formal styles. But, that's exactly what the Greek key motif does. "It's a very classic symbol that ...

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