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Expandable easel which can hold canvases and other work pieces having a wide variety of sizes and shapes in a number of different positions. The easel includes a frame having a pair of upstanding posts and at least one cross member extending between the posts, with a plurality of work piece holders

Expandable easel which can hold canvases and other work pieces having a wide variety of sizes and shapes in a number of different positions. The easel includes a frame having a pair of upstanding posts and at least one cross member extending between the posts, with a plurality of work piece holders mounted on the frame. The posts and the cross member each have a plurality of telescopically extensible sections, and the work piece holders are mounted on arms which can be mounted in different rotative positions on the frame to accommodate work piece of different sizes. The work piece holders can also be rotated on the arms which carry them to accommodate different work pieces. The frame can also be tilted back to support a work piece in a horizontal direction.

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In an easel for holding a work piece comprising a canvas mounted on a peripheral frame: a support, a first work piece holder mounted on the support for engagement with a first side of the frame, and a second work piece holder mounted on the support for engagement with a side of the frame opposite th

In an easel for holding a work piece comprising a canvas mounted on a peripheral frame: a support, a first work piece holder mounted on the support for engagement with a first side of the frame, and a second work piece holder mounted on the support for engagement with a side of the frame opposite the first side, each of said work piece holders comprising a J-shaped hook which is adapted to extend through an opening in the peripheral frame from the back side of the canvas and to engage the front side of the frame, and a clamping screw threadably mounted in the hook for engagement with the back side of the frame to secure the frame and the hook together, said J-shaped hooks having openings which face away from each other and are adapted to receive the opposite sides of the frame therein.