A tambour is a frame made of two hoops - used for embroidering. It is also a hollowed out frame drum and the flexible shutter on a roll-top desk or sliding doors for cupboards.
Le tambour - from which our tambour and tambourine both come - is the French for a drum (and also the French for an embroidery frame). I assume the shape of the circular drum led to to its use for the tambourine and frame.
I love embroidery & roll top desks. AND I never knew the name! You're amazing! Where do you find this stuff???
ReplyDeleteYou've got me wondering now, is an embroidery tambour the original origin of the tambourine?
ReplyDeleteLe tambour - from which our tambour and tambourine both come - is the French for a drum (and also the French for an embroidery frame). I assume the shape of the circular drum led to to its use for the tambourine and frame.
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