[F. atelier, cogn. with Pr. astelier, f. astelle small plank: see ASTEL. Cf. Sp. astillero ‘a docke to build ships on’ (Minsheu, 1623), f. astilla ‘rafter, lath, chip.’] A workshop; an artist’s or sculptor’s studio.
1840. Thackeray, Paris Sk. Bk. (1872), 33. He [the artist] arrives at his ‘atelier.’
1882. Chamb. Jrnl., 82. The great atelier where wheel and lathe were humming.
