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EASEL [4 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

easel: an item in the "Furniture" class of the "Furnishings" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

chevalet de salon : objet de la classe «Meubles» de la catégorie «Ameublement et accessoires».

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

A device used to keep light-sensitive paper flat during enlarging.

Key term(s)
  • printing mask

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Dispositif permettant de maintenir le papier à plat à l'agrandissement et de cadrer l'image.

OBS

Le margeur sert également à produire une marge blanche autour de la photographie.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • School Equipment
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Military Training
DEF

A three-legged stand used to hold blackboards, cork boards, magnetic boards, posters, signs, etc.

OBS

easel: term used in the context of military training

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement scolaires
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
DEF

Support qui sert à tenir à la hauteur voulue l'objet sur lequel on travaille.

OBS

chevalet : terme employé dans le contexte de l'instruction militaire.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Art Supplies
DEF

A frame for supporting something at a desired angle as a wooden, metal, or plastic frame to hold a canvas upright or inclined at a proper level for the painter's convenience in working.

CONT

[The] easel, a light frame made to hold a painting in a vertical or nearly vertical position, is probably the most universal article of furniture in the workrooms of painters and certainly is one of the oldest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Matériel d'artistes
DEF

Support dont les peintres se servent pour poser leurs tableaux en cours d'exécution.

CONT

Les chevalets maintiennent les tableaux dans une position stable. Ils sont indispensables à tous les articles [...] Si le chevalet doit rester en permanence dans l'atelier, il pourra être assez lourd [...] Les chevalets pliants [...] sont tout indiqués pour les petits ateliers. [...] Si l'on réalise des tableaux de grande surface, un chevalet d'atelier est indispensable [...]. (Manuel des artistes - Toutes les techniques des arts plastiques, 1982, p. 42).

Spanish

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