Description
Wind off the lake, as always. Margaret buttoned her coat to the chin and set up her easel on the lakefront path, where the whole skyline stood in a ragged line against a sky the colour of pewter. The Willis Tower, the old Water Tower, the sharp glitter of glass along Michigan Avenue: she had painted them for thirty winters and still found something new each time. Today it was a single gull, hanging motionless above the river like a brushstroke.
This ornate easel holds that unmistakable skyline on its little canvas, and gold accents on the frame make it feel like a gallery piece in miniature. It is a fine gift for an art collector, a Chicagoan who moved away, an architecture buff, or a couple who first met somewhere along the Magnificent Mile. On a mantel or a curio shelf, it catches the light the way the city catches the sunrise.
A closer look
- An ornate easel bearing a canvas of the Chicago skyline
- Gold accents gleam along the easel’s frame and legs
- Fitted with a hinged lid that opens to a small compartment
- Skyline and gilding painted by hand by Limoges craftspeople in France
- Ideal for art collectors, architecture lovers and proud Chicagoans
- A handsome companion to other city skylines on easels
Tuck a ticket stub from a Cubs game or an evening at the symphony inside, and the gift becomes personal. For anyone homesick for the Windy City, it is a little window back.
