Easels Take a Stand
Save your walls and showcase your artwork to its best with tabletop or floor easels that hold to your style
Easels aren't just for artists. This mobile alternative way to display artwork can look quite chic and fit within the context of any room. From tabletop models used to display smaller work to oversize floor pieces used to showcase large oil paintings, easels provide an easy vehicle to make a statement with your art.
The easel itself dates back to ancient Egypt, where large panels rested on tripod structures. There are many forms of it, from the very basic tripod to the travel easel. The display easel became popular for presentations and to showcase artwork within the home. There are a range of variations, from ornate and wooden to sleek and modern acrylic. Outdoor artists' traveling easels have also become popular for displaying pieces and look great in home offices or libraries.
Just take a look at all ways people are using the easel — and avoiding putting another mark in their walls.
The easel itself dates back to ancient Egypt, where large panels rested on tripod structures. There are many forms of it, from the very basic tripod to the travel easel. The display easel became popular for presentations and to showcase artwork within the home. There are a range of variations, from ornate and wooden to sleek and modern acrylic. Outdoor artists' traveling easels have also become popular for displaying pieces and look great in home offices or libraries.
Just take a look at all ways people are using the easel — and avoiding putting another mark in their walls.
An ornate silver display easel greets vistors in the entryway of this house. The piece of artwork being displayed is an abstract print simply framed in brushed silver. This creates a nice juxtaposition of styles between the more traditional, embellished easel and the modern print, setting the tone for the rest of the space.
An antique brass table easel blends in with the rest of the objects on this round table, allowing art to be part of the tabletop vignette.
This is an artist's easel, and you get the feeling that the painting either is being worked on or was recently finished.
Here, a gorgeous display easel is used in an uberformal and dramatic dining space. The mirror hanging on the wall makes quite a statement, so anything hung beside it would get lost. The display easel is the perfect way to give artwork prominent placement in this space.
The walls in this beautiful, serene bedroom are better left untouched. This simple tripod easel doesn't take up much space and nicely blends into the environment. Change the artwork according to the mood you want to wake up to.
The small bamboo tabletop easel on the left adds an organic, Asian aesthetic to this vignette of white objects. The artwork is just a postcard that has been pasted onto an artist's gesso board — an inexpensive idea that looks great.
This small nude sketch might get lost on a big white wall because it's such a subtle piece. But it pops in a metal tabletop easel sitting next to a contemporary flower arrangement and a sculpture.
In this casual dining area, the vertical nature of the black modern display easel in the corner fills what would be an empty space. It goes nicely with the rest of the fixtures in the room, including the black iron chandelier and the legs of the circular table. All the frames in the room are black, providing nice congruity.
Isn't this room romantic? The walls are so embelished that hanging anything on them would ruin the look. The portrait works nicely on the easel in the corner; it's almost as if it is another character in this feminine space.
Here's an example of a modern tabletop easel. Its presents the art at the perfect height and makes the black and white print appear to float in this eclectic vignette.
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