Tambour Frame

Detail of the painting Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame, c. 1763/1764, by François-Hubert Drouais, 1727-1775 Detail of the painting Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame, c. 1763/1764, by François-Hubert Drouais, 1727-1775 The National Gallery, London, UK. NG6440.

A tambour frame is a rectangular embroidery frame on which cloth is stretched before being stitched with a tambour hook. In Europe, embroiderers also made use of round tambour hoops for stretching and tensioning the cloth, while in India, Iran and parts of Asia, the rectangular tambour frame has always been preferred.

See also the TRC Needles entry on brodeur (tambour embroidery)tambour embroidery and tambour lace.

National Gallery online catalogue (retrieved 8th July 2016).

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