2007-02-22 02:49:02 · 3 answers · asked by YGGIZ 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Ebeniste is French for a cabinet maker. Someone who makes furniture with wood.
2007-02-22 02:53:21 · answer #1 · answered by Shona L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In France, a general-term for a cabinet-maker as opposed to makers of seat furniture. The ancient guild of menuisiers-ebénistes protected their members from cheaper work by foreign craftsmen and from 1741 ordered them to sign their work, which was then passed by the Jure des menuisiers-ébénistes, who approved and stamped each piece "JME".
is French for master craftsman. In France, Companions were trained in a Guild before they could be a "grand maitre" in their trade. At each stage of his tour de France the companion lives in companion houses where warm fraternity and solidarity complement his learning process. There he also learns that the transmission of knowledge is a duty. Manual work is highly valued, and by uniting hand and thought, the companions participation to the "Creative Process" is consecrated. ...
2007-02-22 03:06:16 · answer #2 · answered by Rachael H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ébéniste is the French word for a cabinetmaker
2007-02-22 02:58:45 · answer #3 · answered by rhea 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋