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Wooden easel buyer guides
Working notes for importers, retailers and art-supply buyers: the specification decisions behind an easel or canvas range, written from the model records rather than from a catalogue listing. Each guide ends with the decision rule we would use ourselves.
Children's Easel Age Bands and Safety Points
How age grading works on a children's easel, the parts that fail in use, and what a trade buyer should confirm before a toy-shelf order.
Read →Chalkboard or Whiteboard: Choosing an Easel Surface
The trade-offs between a chalkboard, a whiteboard and a double-sided panel on a children's or display easel, and which surface suits which sales channel.
Read →How to Choose an Artist Easel for a Range
A buying method for an adult easel range: height range, maximum canvas, load, fold and structure, and the questions to put to a supplier per model.
Read →Canvas Frame and Stretcher Bar Buying
Inner and outer size, bar width and depth, corner joints and carton counts: how a framer or art-supply buyer orders canvas frames and stretcher bars.
Read →Need the data behind a guide?
Ask for the model list and packing data used in these guides; we send the working file for the models you shortlist.