The Greek Key Pattern is becoming a key motif in interior design and rather than present contemporary examples, I thought I would look back to some very early examples and ways in which it has been appropriated in more recent times.
Silk dress with velvet Greek key pattern trim, 1855. This was worn by a girl aged about four years. From The Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green, London
Mosaic floor illustration from classicaljournal.org
In the lobby of The Longacre Theater, Broadway recently restored at http://wirednewyork.com/forum
Parts of the Phillip ivory shield found in the Vergina Tomb, Central Macedonia, Greece at
ancient-medieval-macedonian-history.blogspot.com
Directoire gown worn with red shawl with Greek key border, from Costume Parisien, 1799 athttp://www.tetradequestrian.com
Cast iron Greek Revival style balcony at http://www.hiddenhousehistory.co.uk
A detail from the former Detroit Savings Bank from pinehurst19475 at Flickr
Mosaic floor from http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com
Top: Archaeological Museum in Milan, (Italy). Fragment of an ancient Roman (1st century BC) mosaic. Picture by Giovanni Dall'Orto
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