Shipshape for the holidays

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Boating enthusiasts celebrate the Christmas holidays by decorating their boats with lights and cruising the Spa Creek in Annapolis, MD. The tradition, which began in 1981, continues into 1997 with more aplomb as over 60 sailboats join the event.

Boats and boating, Boating, Boats, Decoration and finishing, Christmas decorations

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Trained to trick the eye

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Stan Crilly is a decorative painter whose specialty is in trompe l'oeil, which is French for 'deceive the eye.' This faux-painting technique uses paint to transform by making bold designs on floors, walls, marble and stone blocks.

Practice, Design, Decorative, Decorative arts, Crilly, Stan

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Flaxen fantasy: the history of linen

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Linen has been used by the Egyptians and Romans since ancient history. It first came to the US through the colonists who planted flax seeds and woove them into fabric.

History, Linen, United States history, United States history, 1600-1775 (Colonial period)

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