Easel
92 3/4 in. x 26 3/4 in.
Object Type:
Artist's Material
Medium and Support:
metal on wood
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum;
Large standing easel, wood frame with metal hardware. Resting on 4 metal casters. The incline of the main support can be adjusted by tightening/loosening of a wing nut on a screw which slides up or down in a small metal channel on both sides of the easel. The "central spine" has 2 channels where a wood box with 2 adjustment tools on the upper portion of the easel are able to move up and down also my the tightening/loosening of a large wood screw which secures the box in a given height along the spine. The shelf to rest the canvas is about 6 1/4" in depth, has a slight lip, heavily marked with paint.