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florentine stitch

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bar⋅gel⋅lo

[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, esp. the traditional needlepoint created by a classic stitch (Florentine stitch) done in diagonal lines.

Origin:
1920–25; allegedly after a set of chairs embroidered with such a stitch in the Bargello, a museum in Florence
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