trapunto

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Glazed goatskin leather satchel with front trapunto detailing, top centre opening zippers and top flap with lock closure.

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  1. noun Quilting in which the design is outlined with two or more rows of running stitches and then padded from the underside to achieve a raised effect.

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  • Glazed goatskin leather satchel with front trapunto detailing, top centre opening zippers and top flap with lock closure. —  We Blog A Lot
 

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  1. Italian, from past participle of trapungere, to embroider : Latin trāns-, trans- + Latin pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.
 

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