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French Painter’s Easel Cane
French Painter’s Easel Cane
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
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
$2,397.50
Original: $6,850.00
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French Painter’s Easel Cane
French Painter’s Easel Cane
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
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
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French Painter’s Easel Cane
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
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
