Tilted Tabletop

[woodelf]

Anyone of a certain age may remember the school desks of yore, tilted lid with lip at bottom!...anyone seen anything similar-ish these days...will help me greatly with my paintings, keep me off the floor! Ta Muchly and Take Care All!

[SlackAlice]

Might these assist? They can be placed on an existing tabletop.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Table-Top-Easels-Artists/s?k=Table+Top+Easels+for+Artists

[woodelf]

Many Thanks Alice, but I don't think they would be strong enough, as I would need something like a desk or table with a tilt, maybe a table with folding legs - not sure about the ankles - so it can be stored away....."you too, " says Lie-in King, "with a joke like that!"...as I would be using my upper body weight to work on the canvas!..."what you doing then?" asks Lie-in King, with a grin, "painting or wrestling?"

[Togo]

This might do the job. Quite a versatile little desk.
Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[Hopkirk]

I remember those desks.

A hole for an inkpot, and the writing surface was a hinged lid.

I never saw anyone use a pot of ink though. Perhaps I'm just too young.

[andres]

You will find there are over a thousand vintage school desks on ebay . I have a vintage one for my painting but I had to put a strip of wood on it myself.
You will probably find one in the Antique school desks.

[andres]

hopkirk^^^ you are probably too young . I remember ink wells ,dip pens and being an ink monitor in the 1940s.

[woofgang]

I used a dip pen ands the ink well in the late 50's. once we graduated from pencil, biros were NOT permitted and fountain pens had to be approved by the teacher.

[woofgang]

possibly something here? https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/12576/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=writing+slope&LH_TitleDesc=0

[Togo]

I had the cane in my first week at Grammar School for chewing up the blotting paper and flirting it onto the ceiling with a ruler. I found out afterwards that the walls and ceilings had been painted over the Summer for the first time in 50 years. Ink wells blotting pad and sloped, hinged lid, desks on cast iron legs. It was impossible to write on the desk unless the paper was well padded because the desk tops were carved by generations of bad lads with lurid drawings and initials. Another beating offence.

[puzzled54]

The ink wells were used to dip the plaits of the girl in front of you in

[Togo]

That would have been difficult puzzled ... it was an all boys school, and long hair was not tolerated. We did however put bits of blotting paper in the inkwells of swats and tell tales. Caused big orrible blots when you tried to write. We all kept the same seat for a full school year. The "masters" and lessons came to us and we only attended different locations for Woodwork, or lessons that needed a practical application.

[Rosetta]

would a draughtsmans desk/table be what you are after

[Buenchico]

Perhaps an artist's sketching table might meet your needs, Woodelf?

This one is from a reputable company, fully adjustable and remarkably cheap:
https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/sketching-table-90cm-x-60cm-x-83cm/638633-1000

[woodelf]

I say you fellows - crikey, yarooh!...and fellowettes...what spiffing times we had, what? - and mine had a groove in it too...along the top of the desk for a pencil!...anyway, I'll have a look at the links you've given, Buenchico and Togo, I can't do eBay - and Andres, could you explain a bit more about where you say about your painting and the antique desk...are you an artist yourself and use the desk to support your canvas while painting?...hopefully on a sloped or tilted surface!

[woodelf]

As ever, Buenchico delivers the goods - not even a tuck shop in sight - and it "seems" to be what I've been looking for..."bad grammar, that boy!"...but I would need to see one in the flesh, so to speak, as it was probably made before I came along with my peculiar idiosyncracies of pressure resistant and structurally strong...the table, not me, that is, in the way I work and what I use..."just as I thought," says Lie-in King, "more Spanish Inquisition than art...you Goya or Caravaggio?"...and no doubt, you've already sussed out there's a Hobby craft near me, so it's off I go and see if they've got a free-standing, fully-assembled table - or I'll send an email and grovel to 'em!...apologies to All if you've been trying to figure this lot out, but I hope you enjoyed the ride!