Definitions for Ghiordes

Ghiordes Ghior·des

Spelling: [gyawr-duh s, gawr-]
IPA: /ˈgyɔr dəs, ˈgɔr-/

Ghiordes is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 302 anagrams from letters in Ghiordes (deghiors).

Definitions for Ghiordes

noun

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

Origin of Ghiordes

First recorded in 1895-1900; variant spelling of Gördes, town in Turkey

Examples for Ghiordes

The antique Ghiordes rugs are really fine in colors, generally with much pale green, red, or blue.

Knot, Ghiordes, Knots to inch horizontally five to ten; perpendicularly, seven to twelve.

A tertiary stripe containing a ribbon-like vine is very usual in Ghiordes and Kulah pieces.

The apex of the mihrab or niche runs high in the Ghiordes rug.

These narrow bands are a distinguishing feature of the Kulahs, though they have occasionally been copied by the Ghiordes weavers.

Only now and then is seen a prayer Ghiordes that represents such a high type of artistic skill.

The tribes that make them also make large numbers of smaller prayer kilims with pointed arches suggesting the Ghiordes design.

He began to collect Ghiordes rugs years ago, before the value of the rug became generally known.

As is the case with Ghiordes rugs, sedjadehs are almost unknown; but it is not unusual to see odjaliks.

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