A Fairytale - Eric Moller Villa Shanghai Metal Print

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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...

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