bargello
Americannoun
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a straight stitch worked in a high and low relief pattern to form a variety of zigzag or oblique designs.
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needlepoint work or a design done in such stitches, especially the traditional needlepoint created by a classic stitch Florentine stitch done in diagonal lines.
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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The Brooklyn Flea, the Hester Street Fair and the soon-to-reopen New Amsterdam Market have become tasting destinations, where handmade food is as much of a fetish as vintage Ray-Bans or bargello pillowcases.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2010
To occupy the minds of the people, and give himself time to make some arrangement, he ordered that one Nuto, who had been appointed bargello, or sheriff, by Lapo da Castiglionchio, should be sought.
From History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy by Machiavelli, Niccolò
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