Wire bending fixture

A wire bending fixture for shaping a length of wire comprising, means for forming the wire into a picture frame easel back including, a planar base plate having a top and bottom surface, a series of more than three spaced wire shaping knobs permanently arranged in a straight row on said top surface, a stop pin on said top surface laterally spaced from the first knob of said series, and a wire bending bar opposite to and spaced from said bottom surface of the plate and co-extensive with an edge thereof, the base plate being rectangular and the knobs mounted in a row parallel to and midway the longitudinal edges of the plate, said stop pin being positioned laterally of and above the first knob of the series so that a tangent line drawn between the wire engaging surfaces of the stop pin and knob defines an angle less than 90.degree. with the center line of the series of knobs, the bar being aligned with the longitudinal edge of the plate farthest from the stop pin, and secured to the plate by spacer elements affixed to the upper and lower corners of the plate.