Mabef · Made in Italy · Since 1948
The box you fill yourself
Empty oiled beech with adjustable dividers and a wooden palette included. Internal 41 by 27cm, the largest plain box Mabef make.

Every ready made paint box is somebody else's idea of what you paint with. Twelve colours you did not choose, three brushes you will not use, and a fixed tray layout designed around the set rather than around you. Six months later the colours are gone, the layout is wrong, and you are carrying a box that no longer fits how you work.

The Mabef M112 solves that by being empty. Oiled Italian beech, 41 by 27cm inside, with adjustable dividers you set to your own kit. A wooden palette is included. Everything else is your decision, which is how it should be.

It is the largest plain box in the Mabef range, and at 2.2kg it is solid rather than light, which is the point. This is the box you hand to someone in twenty years.

★ Art Shed Staff Tip
Lay the kit out on a table first, arrange it how you want it, and only then set the dividers. Almost everyone sets the dividers first and then tries to make their gear fit the compartments, which is backwards and leads to a box you quietly stop enjoying. Ten minutes up front and it will suit you for years.

Perfect for

 
Carrying your own kitOil and acrylic tubesBrushes and toolsWorkshops and classesStudio storageTravelA serious gift

What you get

 
 
Internal size
41 by 27cm
About 4cm deep. The largest plain Mabef box.
 
Dividers
Adjustable
Set the compartments to your own kit.
 
Palette
Included
Wooden palette supplied with the box.
 
Build
Oiled beech, 2.2kg
Italian made, with a leather carry handle.

Where it sits in the Mabef box range

 

We stock the lot, so here is the plain version. The M112 is the big empty one, for storage and carrying. The M100 to M103 are the deluxe sketch boxes, tin lined with metal dividers and sliding canvas supports so they hold a wet panel while you paint. The M105 is a pochade box, a complete portable painting station that mounts on a tripod.

Put simply: buy the M112 if you want to carry your kit somewhere. Buy an M100 series box if you want to paint out of the box itself. Buy the M105 if you want to paint standing in a field.

Specifications

 
Model Mabef M/112 Wooden Painting Box
Internal dimensions 41cm by 27cm, approximately 4cm deep
External dimensions, closed Approximately 43cm by 31.5cm by 8.5cm
Weight 2.2kg
Contents Empty box. Wooden palette included. No paints or brushes supplied
Dividers Adjustable wooden compartments for paints, brushes and tools
Handle Leather carry handle
Material Oiled, stain resistant beech wood
Assembly None
Origin Made in Italy by Mabef
Warranty 24 month international warranty, lifetime free on online registration with Mabef

For full details of the Mabef warranty, including how to register your easel, see the Mabef warranty page.

Mabef, and why we carry so much of it

 

Mabef have been making easels in Italy since 1948 and have never once diversified into anything else. No brushes, no paint, no pencil cases. Just easels, for three quarters of a century, by a family who clearly think about hinges more than is strictly healthy. We find that faintly wonderful, and it shows in the joinery and in the warranty they are willing to put behind it.

Art Shed carries over forty Mabef lines, one of the deepest Mabef ranges in Australia: field easels, studio masts with cranks, lyre easels, sketch boxes, table easels, sculpture trestles, print racks, stools and the full run of beech palettes. Not a token three models and a special order form. If you are building a studio around Mabef, or matching an easel you already own, we almost certainly have the rest of the family in stock.

Questions about the Mabef M112 Wooden Painting Box

 

Does it come with paints?

No. It is an empty box, deliberately. You fill it with the paints, brushes and tools you actually use rather than paying for a set of colours chosen by somebody who has never seen your work. A wooden palette is included.

Is 27 by 41cm the inside or the outside?

The inside. Mabef name their boxes by internal dimensions, so 41 by 27cm is the usable space with the lid closed, about 4cm deep. Closed, the box itself measures roughly 43 by 31.5 by 8.5cm on the outside. We flag this because a lot of listings quote one number without saying which it is.

How is it different from the M100 to M103 boxes?

Those are the deluxe sketch boxes. They have a tin lined drawer with adjustable metal dividers and sliding canvas supports, which means they will hold a wet panel in the lid while you work. The M112 has none of that. It is plain beech inside with adjustable wooden dividers, and it is built for storage and carrying rather than for painting out of. It is also the largest and heaviest of the group.

How is it different from the M105 pochade box?

Completely. The M105 is a working field painting station: a sliding palette with brush holes, supports for two canvas boards and a threaded fitting so it mounts on a tripod. The M112 does not mount to anything and does not hold a panel. Think of the M105 as a portable studio and the M112 as very good luggage.

What fits inside?

Mabef publish adjustable compartments rather than a fixed count, so you set it up for what you carry. At 41 by 27cm and 4cm deep it comfortably takes tubes, brushes, a knife, rags and small tools, with the palette sitting in it.
Australian stockist. Shipped from our own Australian warehouses, not drop shipped from overseas. Packed properly and shipped quickly, because nobody enjoys chasing a parcel.

(M112)

SKU M112
Barcode # 8017924001343
Brand Mabef
Shipping Weight 2.7000kg
Shipping Width 0.340m
Shipping Height 0.110m
Shipping Length 0.450m
Type stock

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