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A Fairytale - Eric Moller Villa Shanghai Canvas Print
by Alexandra Till
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A Fairytale - Eric Moller Villa Shanghai canvas print by Alexandra Till. Bring your artwork to life with the texture and depth of a stretched canvas print. Your image gets printed onto one of our premium canvases and then stretched on a wooden frame of 1.5" x 1.5" stretcher bars (gallery wrap) or 5/8" x 5/8" stretcher bars (museum wrap). Your canvas print will be delivered to you "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
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© Christine Till - CT-Graphics
Shanghai, China, has its European eccentricity, but little prepares you for the Gothic towers and Scandinavian whimsy of Moller House, built in the early 20st century by the Swedish shipping magnate Eric Moller.
The tale goes, that in 1927 Eric Moller's daughter Deirdre ("Dido") saw a fairytale castle in her dream and wished she could have one. Upon awaking she sketched it and Papa Moller commissioned an architect to design and build his daughter's dream castle in old Scandinavian style on the northwestern edge of the French Concession. The house with its marble pillars, chandeliers, dark wood paneling, and beautiful stained glass windows was essentially finished in 1936.
The final completion of the Eric Moller Villa was delayed because a furtune-teller told Moller that if he ever finished the house, ill-fortune would befall him. So Moller dawdled, adding bits and bobs and finally completed the task in the late 1940s - and there is no doubt t...
About Alexandra Till
My photography covers a wide range of subjects such as fine art, still life, black and white, infrared, portrait, animal, architecture, landscape, national and international travel and corporate (commercial) images. All my photographs and photo objects are available as fine-quality Prints or as immediate downloads from http://www.ct-graphics.com/. Get them as Calendars from redbubble, or digital per email, or on CD / DVD. If you are serious about upscale photography, please contact me for a free consultation. I cover assignments throughout the United States and abroad. I will also be happy to help you if you have a question about a picture, or would like a different format, size, customization, or need custom stock photos. My...
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