Details
A large oak H frame gallery easel, early 20th Cenury,
with Archimedes screw mechanism for shelf height adjustment and similar wheel operated system for pitch adjustment; secondary shelf; upper canvas grip; set on castors; a plate to the base reading WINSOR & NEWTON IMPROVED STUDIO EASEL. ALL ARTISTS COLOURMEN & c. -- 95 rising to 122in. (241 to 308cm.) high.
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with Archimedes screw mechanism for shelf height adjustment and similar wheel operated system for pitch adjustment; secondary shelf; upper canvas grip; set on castors; a plate to the base reading WINSOR & NEWTON IMPROVED STUDIO EASEL. ALL ARTISTS COLOURMEN & c. -- 95 rising to 122in. (241 to 308cm.) high.
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Provenance
This easel was used regularly by Morris Kestelman (1905-1998), passing by descent to his daughter Sarah.