What is another word for bargello?

Pronunciation: [bɑːd͡ʒˈɛlə͡ʊ] (IPA)

The word "bargello" is commonly associated with a type of needlepoint that features geometric patterns using a variety of colors and stitches. However, there are several synonyms that can be used to describe this style of needlepoint, including Florentine embroidery, flame stitch, and Hungarian point. These terms all refer to the same basic technique of creating intricate designs using straight stitches worked in different directions and shades of thread. Whether you call it bargello, Florentine embroidery, flame stitch, or Hungarian point, this beautiful needlework style has been popular for centuries and continues to delight stitchers and designers around the world.

What are the hypernyms for Bargello?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Bargello?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Usage examples for Bargello

It was he who discovered the portrait of Dante in the bargello at Florence.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
The bargello or his lieutenant will come to execute some 'ordine santissimo', or to visit some suspicious dwelling in order to arrest and carry off some person who does not expect anything of the sort.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
After dinner, finding myself alone with Gama, I asked him what was the meaning of it all, and this is what he told me: "A father, whose name I do not know yet, had requested the assistance of the Vicar-General to prevent his son from carrying off a young girl, with whom he intended to leave the States of the Church; the pair had arranged to meet at midnight in this very square, and the Vicar, having previously obtained the consent of our cardinal, as I told you yesterday, gave orders to the bargello to dispose his men in such a way as to catch the young people in the very act of running away, and to arrest them.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

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