Easel: A wooden or metal stand for holding a canvas, a panel or a drawing-board. It may range from a small, light, tripod sketching-easel up to a large studio easel which will take canvases up to 12ft (3'65 m) high and which can be raised, lowered and canted by worm-gears and winding handles or wheels. There are also small easels for resting on a table that will allow a drawing-board to be almost vertical or gently sloping as for water-colour wash work.

 

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