bargello

[ bahr-jel-oh ]

/ bɑrˈdʒɛl oʊ /

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noun

a straight stitch worked in a high and low relief pattern to form a variety of zigzag or oblique designs.

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

Words nearby bargello

bargeboard, barge couple, barge course, bargee, barge in, bargello, bargeman, bar gemel, bargepole, barge spike, bargestone

How to use bargello in a sentence

On the pedestal you may see the deliverance of Andromeda; but the finest of these reliefs has been taken to the Bargello.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton
In the other are Giotto's frescoes revealed from under the whitewash by which they were long covered, like those in the Bargello.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3)|George Eliot
This is now in the Bargello, having been replaced by a cast.
Cathedral Cities of Italy|William Wiehe Collins
You may see the two panels they made in the Bargello side by side on the wall.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton

The original relief from the foot of the pedestal—Perseus and Andromeda—is in the Bargello, and replaced by a cast.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various

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