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These are moderately priced, solid red oak studio easels for the oil and acrylic painter. Best's A-Best and B-Best easels are essentially identical in design, except that the A-Best easel is slightly bulkier and heavier to accommodate a taller canvas.

Like all Best easels, Natural Series Easels are made of solid oak and backed by a lifetime guarantee. However the oak is left unfinished, making them a much more economical option for cash-strapped creatives.

It accommodates canvases up to 50" tall. Adjust the bottom tray or the mast for a variety of comfortable painting positions. Rubber grips hold the canvas secure.

Navajo is a compact, affordable easel that is perfect for the beginning to intermediate painter. It handles canvases up to 38" high, yet it folds flat and takes little space when you need to store it.

Abiquiu is a heavy-duty easel for professionals who paint large canvases. Fully assembled, this easel stands 88" (224 cm) high. It can be extended to support canvases measuring up to 120" (305 cm) high, and virtually any width. Made of solid red oak.

Best's Santa Fe I is a single masted studio easel for the serious artist, excellent for large work. Fully adjustable. Made of hand-rubbed, oil-finished solid oak, for beauty and longevity. Designed to be much more than just something to rest a canvas on.

The Santa Fe II is a double masted studio easel for the serious artist, excellent for large work. Fully adjustable, it's made from hand-rubbed, oil-finished solid oak, for beauty and longevity.

The Best Crank Easel is a beautiful traditional wooden easel that raises and lowers canvas with the turn of an iron crank. Crafted in the USA of American oak, the easel is sanded smooth, then hand-rubbed with oil to reveal the beauty of the wood.

Classic H-frame model holds canvases beyond 7 ft high. Giant Dulce model has wider H-frame to hold paintings of virtually any width. Solid red oak. Masts and main frame tilt forward/backward. Base folds against frame for carrying.

Handmade in the USA of sturdy oak, this H-frame easel offers extra stability and features a double mast with a marine-style winch system that easily raises and lowers the frame. A pullout drawer stores art supplies. Two steel cups hold water or brushes.

Quickly adjustable, this convertible easel accommodates every medium. Adjust it to horizontal for watercolor painting, forward tilting for pastels, or to any comfortable position in between for oils and acrylics.

Like all Best easels, Natural Series Easels are made of solid oak and backed by a lifetime guarantee. However the oak is left unfinished, making them a much more economical option for cash-strapped creatives.

It is a valuable tool for any painter. This easel will slant forward or backward. Adjust the height with a simple turn of the crank. Use it with canvases up to 84" (213 cm) tall. The easel is mounted on front locking plastic casters.

The Best Manhattan Easel is a magnificent piece designed by a portrait artist for the professional painter. Features a double fold-out painting tray with a melamine mixing surface and two large stainless steel canisters. Made in the USA. American oak.

This single mast convertible easel adjusts easily to a variety of positions, making it suitable for acrylics, oils, pastels, or watercolors. It has wheels for portablity, and it folds flat for storage and mobility.

The Best Ultimate Easel is perfect for both large-format and smaller works. It's fully adjustable with a double-mast design, which provides additional stability when working large. Four front-locking plastic casters add mobility. Made in the USA.

For canvases up to 62" high. Tilts forward to reduce glare, tilts full backward to form a table for gessoing, watercolors, and varnishing. Shelf beneath frame. Adjustable tray and retractable mast. Made of solid red oak.

Holds canvases up to 7 ft. Adjustable height and flat and forward-tilting. Tray/palette has white Melamine mixing surface with stainless steel canister. Center tray can be flat or tilted. Bottom shelf. Made of solid red oak.

Despite compactness, can support large canvases. Mast raises to 82" (slides into box frame for storage). Suitable for tabletop. Wedge-lock system stabilizes canvasses. Tray has extra shelf. Legs fold flat.

To insure that canvas corners remain square, nail one hardboard corner to each corner on the back of each canvas stretcher bar. Pieces are cut at an exact 90 degree angle, with pre-drilled holes for effortless mounting.

Best Heavy Duty Stretcher Bars are made of strong, kiln-dried, knot-free pine sourced from Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) certified suppliers.

Made of kiln-dried pine, Best Heavy-Duty Cross Braces have a 3/4" profile and measure 1-3/4" wide. Use them with Best Heavy-Duty Stretcher Bars when constructing a large canvas that needs extra stability. Choose from solid or center-notched braces. Free attachment brackets included. Made in the USA.

These high-quality stretcher bars are more than pieces of wood! Their rounded back edge reduces surface friction and is designed to keep the canvas 1/2" from the stretcher bar. This helps insure that there will be no ghost impressions on the canvas.

These unnotched cross-braces are made with the same quality and care as the Best Medium-Duty Stretcher Bars. They're made from kiln-dried, knot-free, straight white pine. Price is per strip, not per pair. Made in the USA. Only for use with Best Medium-Duty Stretcher Bars.

Best Pro-Bar is a stretcher bar system that will never bend, warp, or twist from moisture or dryness. It combines wood and aluminum to create more rigid support, perfect for large-format works, without the bulk and weight of heavy-duty stretcher strips. Made in the USA.

Like it's floor-standing counterparts, the Best Deluxe Tabletop Easel is a piece of finefurniture as well as an easel, hand crafted and hand finished from select red oak, and using only the finest hardware.

This sturdy oak mobile cart is built to give years of service in the classroom. Its rounded corners are safer for little artists. Design features like craftsman quality joints, heavy-duty piano hinges, and a smooth hand rubbed finish, set this cart apart

Best Studio 3 Drawer Taboret is a simple but functional pieces of furniture and a welcome addition to any studio. Constructed of solid oak and oak plywood, this taboret features three drawers to hold a variety of materials, and two open cubby compartments below. The inside drawer dimensions are 6¼"H × 14¾"W × 16½"D. Overall dimensions are 30"H × 17¾"W × 18"D. Weighs 52 lb.

This Best Studio 5 Drawer Taboret, constructed of solid oak and oak plywood, allows for concealed storage of artist materials. The inside dimensions of the top three drawers are 1¾"H × 14¾"W × 16½"D. The inside dimensions of the fourth drawer are 6¼"H × 14¾"W × 16½"D, and the fifth drawer measures 9"H × 14¾"W × 16½"D. The overall taboret dimensions are 30"H × 17¾"W × 18"D. Weighs 81 lb. Plastic casters included.

This Best Studio 5 Drawer Taboret with Cubby allows for concealed storage of artist materials and the 24"H × 9¾"W × 17½"D side cubby compartment is great for holding canvases and paper pads. The inside dimensions of the top three drawers are 1¾"H × 14¾"W × 16½"D. The inside dimensions of the fourth drawer are 6¼"H × 14¾"W × 16½"D, and the fifth drawer measures 9"H × 14¾"W × 16½"D. The overall taboret dimensions are 30"H × 28"W × 18"D. Weighs 83 lb. Plastic casters included.

Best's Terrero Taboret is a space-saving work and storage center. It has wings that fold out for an extra large work area. The outer supply drawer and cabinet space, including an inner drawer and slide-out utility shelf.

The Best Caitlin Taboret and Easel combines beauty and functionality in one unique, finely crafted artists' workstation. It features a fully functional easel plus lots of built-in storage in the taboret, all in a relatively small footprint.

Shawn's Watercolor Station belongs to a family of workstations for artists, pieces that combine storage with workspace. When not in use, it is a beautiful piece of furniture that blends with the decor in any room in the house.

Sitha's Taboret and Easel is ideal for both the oil and acrylic painter to keep supplies organized in one compact unit. It features an attached fold-out easel that can be adjusted into many different positions, including a forward tilt.

A pastelist's dream! Originally designed for world famous pastelist Urania Christy Tarbet, this desk is the answer for the pastel painter who seeks convenience and organization. It's a perfect companion for the oil painter or watercolorist as well.

Made of oak and handcrafted in the USA, the Caballo is a bench and an easel in one. It folds easily for travel or storage - its attached wheels and poly straps make it easy to move anywhere.

Roll your Best Easel anywhere — even while in use — smoothly and easily with Best Easel Casters. Heavy-duty casters come in sets of four. Each set contains two locking casters and two non-locking casters. Each caster attaches with four heavy-duty screws that are also included.

Sturdy, durable racks, hand-crafted in  Lyptus wood, an environmentally friendly, renewable resource. The racks fold flat for storage or travel and offer easy setup and dis-assembly. Perfect for art fairs, showcases, studios, and galleries.

Best's Wallmount Easel is the ideal solution for the artist with limited studio space. It accommodates giant canvases, up to 88" tall, yet requires zero floor space! This sturdy easel is designed to be mounted on the wall.