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French Painter’s Easel Cane
- This French gadget cane transforms into a functional painter’s easel
- The turned handle conceals the mechanism for deployment
- The cane unfolds into articulated wooden supports and legs
- Belle Époque gadget canes were prized for ingenuity and social novelty
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Circa 1890
This ingenious French gadget cane reflects the mechanical inventiveness that characterized late nineteenth-century luxury accessories. At first glance, the cane presents as a slender, well-balanced walking stick with a turned handle surmounted by a circular decorative element. Upon removal of the handle top, the shaft separates and unfolds, revealing articulated wooden legs, braces and supports that lock into place to form a stable easel. Gadget canes flourished in. . .
Circa 1890
This ingenious French gadget cane reflects the mechanical inventiveness that characterized late nineteenth-century luxury accessories. At first glance, the cane presents as a slender, well-balanced walking stick with a turned handle surmounted by a circular decorative element. Upon removal of the handle top, the shaft separates and unfolds, revealing articulated wooden legs, braces and supports that lock into place to form a stable easel. Gadget canes flourished in France during the Belle Époque, when walking sticks served as markers of personal identity and conversation pieces as much as functional accessories.
36 1/2” length
| Period: | 19th Century |
| Origin: | France |
| Type: | System/Gadget Canes |
| Depth: | 2.5 in. (6.35 cm) |
| Width: | 2.5 in. (6.35 cm) |
| Height: | 36.5 in. (92.71 cm) |
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