A large oak Windsor & Newton ‘Improved Studio Easel’, circa ...

Hammer

£820

A large oak Windsor & Newton ‘Improved Studio Easel’, circa 1910, with metal fittings, dual action brass crank wheel, raised on four hardwood castors, one with screw brake, manufacturer's plaque to the base ‘Winsor & Newtons / Improved Studio Easel / Sold by All Artists Colourmen &c’, 74 by 71 by 201cm high, over 240cm high when fully raised, together with an Edwardian oak artist’s stool, circular seat raised on three hexagonal section legs joined by peripheral stretchers and foot rest to one side, inscribed to the underside of the seat, 44 by 36 by 78cm high. (2)
Provenance: this easel most recently belonged to the artist Barbara Balmer RSA RSW and the last work painted on it was purchased by the author J. K. Rowling!