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bargello

[bahr-jel-oh]
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noun
  1. a straight stitch worked in a high and low relief pattern to form a variety of zigzag or oblique designs.
  2. needlepoint work or a design done in such stitches, especially the traditional needlepoint created by a classic stitch (Florentine stitch) done in diagonal lines.
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Origin of bargello

First recorded in 1920–25; allegedly after a set of chairs embroidered with such a stitch in the Bargello, a museum in Florence
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Examples from the Web for bargello

Historical Examples

  • I cried, "send for the bargello and have him away to prison."

    The Memoires of Casanova, Complete

    Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

  • And now she was waiting with his confessor to follow the guard that would lead him to the Bargello.

    Romola

    George Eliot

  • I went to the town and did some shopping and went over the Bargello.

    Passing By

    Maurice Baring

  • He recalled to her that she was the next morning to visit the Bargello.

  • Another of the interesting buildings is the Bargello, an important museum.

    Old Continental Towns

    Walter M. Gallichan