easel
- a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Also called masking frame. Photography. a frame, often with adjustable masks, used to hold photographic paper flat and control borders when printing enlargements.
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Contemporary Examples of easel
The last drawing, he reveals, will be of Arthur sitting at an easel painting Denison.
On the easel sits a depiction of sun shining through trees, illuminating the grass below.
A photograph showed Bush hunched over an easel in what appears to be a home gym.
I went back to my easel and motioned the model to resume her pose.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the ShowRobert W. Chambers
February 20, 2014
While moving a framed canvas from one easel to another my foot slipped on the polished floor, and I fell heavily on both wrists.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the ShowRobert W. Chambers
February 20, 2014
Historical Examples of easel
She left the easel in disgust and refused to touch it again for a week.
Chip, of the Flying UB. M. Bower
Her easel was there, and her half-rubbed out drawing—No, that was not her drawing.
The Incomplete AmoristE. Nesbit
She asked to see it, and I wheeled out the easel and threw the drapery back.
The Greater InclinationEdith Wharton
I'm afraid my scruples vanished when I got him before my easel.
The Greater InclinationEdith Wharton
And it was there, 'on the easel,' that 'The Dead Child' at last made its appearance.
His MasterpieceEmile Zola
easel
- a frame, usually in the form of an upright tripod, used for supporting or displaying an artist's canvas, blackboard, etc