Bargello Definition

bär-zhĕlō
noun
A needlepoint stitch that produces zigzag lines.
American Heritage
A long, straight stitch in needlepoint, arranged so as to produce a zigzag pattern.
Webster's New World
A pattern similar to one created by this stitch.
American Heritage
The pattern produced by using this stitch, esp. a modified zigzag or flamelike design, or any pattern like this.
Webster's New World
This type of embroidery.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Bargello

  • After the Bargello , a museum in Florence, Italy, which contains chairs upholstered in fabric worked in this stitch

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • After a series of chairs found in the Bargello palace in Florence, which have a "flame stitch" pattern.

    From Wiktionary

Bargello Sentence Examples

  • A pen-drawing representing a ringleader of the Pazzi conspiracy, Bernardo Baroncelli, hung out of a window of the Bargello after his surrender by the sultan at Constantinople to the emissaries of Florence, can be dated from its subject as done in December 1 479.

  • There is a splendid museum of medieval and Renaissance antiquities in the Bargello, the ancient palace of the Podesta, itself one of the finest buildings in the city; among its many treasures are works of Donatello, Ghiberti, Verrochio and other sculptors, and large collections of ivory, enamel and bronze ware.

  • At this time the podestd's palace (the Bargello) was built, and the gold florin was first coined and soon came to be accepted as the standard gold piece throughout Europe.

  • Straight stitches include bargello, gobelin, and Parisien.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

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