GHIORDES

Meaning of GHIORDES in English

/gyawr"deuhs, gawr"-/ , n.

a Turkish rug characterized by an uneven pile produced by the Ghiordes knot.

[ 1895-1900; var. sp. of Gördes, town in Turkey ]

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GHIORDES — gēˈȯrdəs, ˈgȯ- noun ( plural ghiordes ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Gördes ( Ghiordes ), town in Manisa, Turkey …
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GHIORDES KNOT — noun Usage: usually capitalized G Etymology: from Gördes ( Ghiordes ), Turkey : a knot used in making carpets and …
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GHIORDES KNOT — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of …
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GHIORDES CARPET — floor covering handwoven in the town of Ghiordes (Grdes), northeast of Izmir in western Anatolia (now in Turkey). The prayer …
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TURKISH KNOT — noun see ghiordes knot
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HAMADAN — I. ˈhaməˌdan, |hämə|dän noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Hamadan, Iran 1. : a Persian rug made …
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USHAK — noun or ou·shak üˈshäk ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Ushak, Oushak (Usak), manufacturing town of western Turkey …
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TURKISH KNOT — noun Usage: usually capitalized T : ghiordes knot
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SEHNA KNOT — noun or senna knot Usage: usually capitalized S : a knot used in making carpets and rugs in which the …
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KULAH — (ˈ)kü|lä noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Kula, town in western Turkey in Asia : a Turkish …
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HERAT — heˈrät noun or he·rati -äd.ē ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Herat, Afghanistan, where such rugs are made …
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TURKISH KNOT. — See Ghiordes knot .
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SEHNA KNOT — /sen"euh/ a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the ends of yarn looped around a warp thread appear …
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RYA RUG — floor covering handmade in Sweden and Finland using techniques resembling those employed in Oriental carpets but having extremely long, recumbent …
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RUG AND CARPET — any decorative textile normally made of a thick material and now usually intended as a floor covering. Until the 19th …
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YOMUT CARPET — Yomut also spelled Yomud, floor covering that is handwoven by the Yomut Turkmens of Turkmenistan, and is usually of good …
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TRANSYLVANIAN RUG — also called Siebenbrger rug any of the large numbers of floor coverings found in the churches of Transylvania (part of …
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TABRIZ CARPET — floor covering handmade in or around Tabriz, the principal city of northwestern Iran and one of its best-known carpet-producing centres. …
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SMYRNA CARPET — any large, coarse carpet handwoven in western Anatolia and exported by way of Izmir (Smyrna). Probably, Smyrna carpets originally represented …
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SHIRAZ RUG — handwoven floor covering made in the district around the city of Shiraz in southern Iran. The best known are the …
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SERABAND RUG — Seraband also spelled Saraband, handwoven floor covering made in the Ser-e Band locality, southwest of Arak in west-central Iran. These …
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SENNA RUG — Senna also spelled Sehna, handwoven floor covering made by Kurds who live in or around the town of Senna (now …
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QASHQA'I RUG — Qashqa'i also spelled Kashgai, floor covering handwoven by the Qashqa'i tribe, known as the best rug from the Shiraz district …
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KURDISH RUG — floor covering that is handcrafted by people of Kurdish stock in Iran, eastern Anatolia, or perhaps to a limited extent …
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KULA CARPET — Kula also spelled Koula, or Kulah, floor covering handwoven in Kula, a town east of Izmir, in western Turkey. Kula …
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KAZAK RUG — also spelled Kazakh Rug, floor covering handmade by seminomadic people of Turkic stock living in the Gnc district of the …
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KAYSERI RUG — floor covering handwoven in or around the city of Kayseri in central Turkey. The best-known rugs from this district are …
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KARAJE RUG — also called Karadagh, floor covering handmade in or near the village of Qarajeh (Karaje), in the Qareh Dagh (Karadagh) region …
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HERIZ CARPET — Heriz also spelled Heris, floor covering handmade in any of a group of villages near the town of Heris, lying …
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HAMADAN RUG — any of several handwoven floor coverings of considerable variety, made in the district surrounding the ancient city of Hamadan (Ecbatana) …
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CUENCA CARPET — any Spanish floor covering handwoven at the city of Cuenca, between Madrid and Valencia, especially in the 17th and 18th …
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