found: Work cat.: Fukuyama, Y. Tambour work, c1987.
found: The Caron Collection: Feature Column "A Visual and Historical Perspective on Purses" and "Evening Bags-The Ever Adaptable Fashion Accessory" by Rita Vainius (online)(Late in the 17th century tambour work migrated from its origins in the Orient to Europe. Tambouring is a method of embroidery which uses a hook to produce a tiny chain stitch.)
found: Encyclopedia Britannica, April 16, 1999(Tambour: embroidery worked on material that has been stretched taut on a tambour frame, which consists of two wooden hoops, one slightly larger than the other, fitting close together. The embroidery is worked with a needle or a tambour hook.)
found: WWWebster(tambour: an embroidery frame; especially : a set of two interlocking hoops between which cloth is stretched before stitching; embroidery made on a tambour frame)
