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Bargello quilt has eight scenes and is made from three longitudinal strips joined. Some of the scenes on the Bargello quilt portray Tristan leaving his foster-father's court to go to Mark of Cornwall; the meeting of Tristan with Morholt for combat; and their fight on horseback.
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light tests on the
Bargello quilt revealed traces of calcium on the reverse, which could have come from its use as a wall hanging, though such use may not have been the original intention.
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682:Ralli quilt
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265:ambassadors
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1402:Categories
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1128:Chevrefoil
1030:Characters
578:2010-02-07
554:2010-02-08
437:References
378:Dimensions
357:blowing a
99:Backstitch
1332:Lovespell
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1096:BĂ©roul's
1042:Brangaine
780:Penny rug
770:Khayamiya
739:Patchwork
734:Log Cabin
712:Patchwork
667:Quilt art
353:, with a
296:poop deck
1298:" (2005)
1090:Tristran
1062:Meliodas
760:Appliqué
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672:Quilting
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519:citation
117:Subjects
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71:Florence
67:Bargello
1296:Tristan
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1176:Tristan
1114:Tristan
1106:Tristan
1098:Tristan
1072:Tristan
1067:Morholt
1052:Kahedin
876:Jo Budd
410:History
390:Purpose
359:trumpet
318:Cornish
304:galleys
294:in the
194:Morholt
159:Tristan
155:Morholt
95:wadding
43:or the
1413:Quilts
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1351:(1988)
1343:(1982)
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1195:(1939)
1187:(1923)
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1171:(1882)
1163:(1852)
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1112:Prose
1047:Iseult
864:People
677:Quilts
355:herald
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217:Isolde
175:Isolde
107:cotton
103:relief
59:Sicily
49:quilts
29:herald
27:and a
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1227:Music
321:noble
91:linen
25:noble
1307:Film
775:Mola
525:link
351:mace
206:page
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192:1:
167:ivy
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