bargello

[ bahr-jel-oh ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bargello¹

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

On the pedestal you may see the deliverance of Andromeda; but the finest of these reliefs has been taken to the Bargello.

From Project Gutenberg

In the other are Giotto's frescoes revealed from under the whitewash by which they were long covered, like those in the Bargello.

From Project Gutenberg

This is now in the Bargello, having been replaced by a cast.

From Project Gutenberg

You may see the two panels they made in the Bargello side by side on the wall.

From Project Gutenberg

The original relief from the foot of the pedestal—Perseus and Andromeda—is in the Bargello, and replaced by a cast.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• brocade
• decoration
• lace
• needlepoint
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