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Antique Kurdish Rug, c. 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
field, which is traced in a multi-colored barber pole lattice. Curiously, both the type of floral border
Category
Antique 19th Century Persian Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Earth-Tone Persian Shiraz Carpet, 05
00 x 07
07
Located in Dallas, TX
-hooks and is outlined with a saw-tooth border. Barber pole stripes appear in between borders, adding
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Rustic Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Kurdish Persian Accent Rug with Boteh Pattern in Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
meandering floral borders, flanked by decorative barber pole subsidiary guard bands. This small Persian rug
Category
Vintage 1910s Persian Modern Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Oushak Rug Runner, Hallway Runner with Soft Colors
Located in Dallas, TX
lavender with mint wave designs. A barber pole border of thick diagonal stripes alternating with lines of
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Caucasian Kazak Rug, Nomadic Charm Meets Stylish Durability
Located in Dallas, TX
very thin barber pole stripes.
Rendered in variegated shades of brick red, rust, navy blue, tan
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Russian Kazak Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Distressed Oushak Square Rug
Located in Katonah, NY
elements, meandering vines, ribboned barber pole and checkered design motifs. Colors and shades include
Category
Vintage 1970s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Kazak rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
barber pole lines in red and yellow and red and ivory.All the colors are from natural sources.The piece
Category
Antique 1870s Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$9,500
North west Persian rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
motifs.There is a couple of black and white barber pole lines surrounding the main border.All the colors are
Category
Antique 1850s Persian Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$1,900
Kuba rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
five narrow barber pole lines in the border system.The colors are vibrant and alive.The handle is
Category
Antique 1880s Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$7,500
Afshar rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
tendril and floral devices.There are three barber pole lines of varying widths.At each end is a colorful
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$6,000
Zeikhour runner
Located in NEW YORK, NY
design minor guards and red and white and red and yellow barber pole lines add charm to the piece.All the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$12,000
Saliani long rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
border shows a bitonal zig-zag.There are six barber pole lines in the border system.The selvedges are
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$8,500
Bordjalou Kazak rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
patterns.There are four narrow barber pole lines in the border system.The original red weft selvedges are wide
Category
Antique 1880s Armenian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$12,000
Jozan rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
white barber pole stripe which is missing at one end.All the colors are from natural sources.The rug is
Category
Antique Early 1900s Persian Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$2,500
Kayseri carpet
Located in NEW YORK, NY
palmettes.There are four narrow barber pole lines in red and beige,ivory and beige and light blue and beige.This
Category
Vintage 1950s Turkish Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$3,850
Antique Rug, Handmade Carpet Oriental Caucasian Rug, Living Room Rug for Sale
Located in Wembley, GB
flanked by guard stripes and barber poles, 230cm x 173cm.
Condition: Excellent Condition, Clean and Ready
Category
Antique 1880s Azerbaijani Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Organic Material
Vintage Qashqai Shiraz Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
distinguishing characteristic of these rugs is the striped “barber’s pole” single-cord selvedge or edge finish
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Marasali prayer rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
borders show classic snowflake designs in various colors.There are four black and white barber pole lines
Category
Antique 1870s Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$9,750
Makri rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
is a two tone barber pole narrow line and several plain cream lines present.At each end is a
Category
Antique 1870s Turkish Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$8,000
Antique Persian Qashqai Shekarlu Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
distinguishing characteristic of these rugs is the striped “barber’s pole” single-cord selvedge or edge finish
Category
Antique Early 1900s Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Distressed Oushak Rug Runner
Located in Katonah, NY
enveloped by a stepped border and rams horn end finials. Barber pole inner minor border with zig zag outer
Category
Vintage 1960s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
The Traveler’s Monument – Marble and Onyx Grand Tour Obelisk, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
striking barber-pole effect. The octagonal shaft rises from a tiered plinth of matching marbles and is
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Obelisks
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Methane rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
)
This southeast Caucasian long rug features a barber pole hexagon lattice enclosing hooked diamonds in
Category
Antique 1870s Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$4,500
Baluch Afghan Persian Handwoven Rug 211 x 98 cm (Oriental Carpet Balouch)
Located in Leeds, GB
by barber poles. A old hand knotted rug made of high quality wool with long fringes to the ends.
An
Category
Late 20th Century Afghan Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Shirvan rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
blue animal and a black comb at the bottom left corner of the red border.There are five two tone barber
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$9,000
Kazak rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
four bi-tonal barber pole lines in the border system.At one end the outer border is heavily abrashed in
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$6,850
Kazak rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
pattern.There are three barber pole narrow lines in the border system.A green innermost band shows a reciprocal
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$15,000
Karagashli rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
barber pole lines.At the top end is a narrow flatwoven finish.The blue selvedges are intact and the
Category
Antique 1870s Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$13,000
Chi Chi rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
barber pole narrow line in the border system.At each end is an original flatwoven strip.All the colors
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$4,500
Kazak prayer rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
bitonal barber pole lines in the border system.The red selvedges are original and intact.The handle is
Category
Antique 1870s Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$6,500
Antique Room-Size Qashqai Kilim
Located in Closter, NJ
distinguishing characteristic of these rugs is the striped “barber’s pole” single-cord selvedge or edge finish
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Fine Qashqai Carpet
Located in Katonah, NY
unique artistic merit throughout constituted of barber poled multi colored vines, intricate pinwheel
Category
Vintage 1910s Persian Islamic Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Caucasian Kazak Rug Russian Tribal Carpet
Located in Dallas, TX
border and star compartmental border. The running water guard bands and flanked with very thin barber
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Distressed Oushak Rug Runner
Located in Katonah, NY
border comprised of barber pole trapezoids with implied movement and randomly alternating color fills
Category
Vintage 1940s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Circa-1890 Burgundy-Red and Indigo-Blue Wool Persian Faraghan Runner
Located in West Hollywood, CA
, outer brick-red barber-pole minor stripes.
Faraghan rugs originate from the Faraghan region of west
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Shirvan rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
flanked by striped segmented minor borders.There are three quincunx narrow borders and two barber pole
Category
Antique 1860s Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$7,500
Shirvan long rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
border has a skeletal connected design and there are four two tone barber pole lines as well as several
Category
Antique 1870s Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$11,000
Khamseh mother and child rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
a navy ground.There are three barber pole lines present.At each end is a navy and white checkerboard
Category
Antique 1870s Persian Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$5,200 Sale Price
45% Off
Bordjalou Kazak rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
designs.There are four barber pole lines present.The square size is unusual and rare for this type of kazak.All
Category
Antique 1870s Armenian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$18,000
Eagle Kazak rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
brown with triangle motif.There are four bitonal barber pole lines in the border system.At each end is a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Armenian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$32,000
Lesghi rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
in various colors.There are four red and white barber pole lines and four solid lines in the border
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$9,500
Kuba rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
ragged rosettes.There are eight barber pole lines in the border system.At each end is a soumak strip and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$7,750
Antique Circa-1890 Tomato-Red Floral Anatolian Oushak Runner
Located in West Hollywood, CA
polychrome floral motifs, in a narrow ivory border of polychrome linked floral lozenges, outer barber-pole
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Hand-Woven Floral Pomegranate Pink and Blue Long Khotan Runner
Located in West Hollywood, CA
floral vine between ivory barber-pole and floral vine stripes.
About Khotan Rugs
Antique Khotan rugs are
Category
Mid-20th Century East Turkestani Khotan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Hand-Woven Antique Indigo Herati-Pattern Caucasian Karabagh Runner 2
x15
Located in West Hollywood, CA
border of bolder polychrome angular scrolling floral vine between terracotta-red and sea-green barber
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
, accompanied by an outer rosette border, inner rectilinear Meander border, and a series of barber’s pole
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Midnight Green Shirvan Chi Chi Rug
Located in Beirut, LB
five-panel border contains polychrome rosettes, trefoils, and diagonal barber poles on the minor
Category
Early 20th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Circa-1890 Wool Tomato-Red and Ivory Persian Hadji Jallili Runner
Located in West Hollywood, CA
vine and barber-pole minor stripes, plain outer ivory stripe.
Hadji Jallili rugs originate from the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Accent Rug for Entry, Kitchen, Foyer or Bathroom
Located in Dallas, TX
rectilinear border flanked by an outer zigzag guard band flanked with subsidiary barber pole stripes. Perfect
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Khamseh carpet
Located in NEW YORK, NY
band.There are quincunx,barber pole and reciprocal guard lines in the border system.At the lower end is a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$9,000
Vintage Distressed Oushak Rug
Located in Katonah, NY
:: Interconnected center medallions in hexagonal relief wrapped by an inner minor border in barber
Category
Vintage 1960s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Eagle Kazak rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
bitonal barber pole narrow lines in the border system.Light red selvedges are original and intact and at
Category
Antique 1870s Armenian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$25,000
Kuba rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
a system including six bitonal barber pole lines.At one end is a narrow flatweave strip and followed
Category
Antique 1880s Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$8,000
Shirvan runner
Located in NEW YORK, NY
keyhole reciprocal band.There is a black and white narrow barber pole line surrounding the whole.At each
Category
Antique 1880s Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$10,000
Set of six large original tubular wall sconces glass w/ brass + copper frames
Located in New York City, NY
, lamp, barber pole, Art Deco.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass, Copper
Shirvan runner
Located in NEW YORK, NY
barber pole lines.Also four solid medium blue lines are present.In particular the top end kilim is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$7,000
Perepedil rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
green keyhole reciprocals.There are eight bitonal barber pole narrow lines in the border system.At one
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$8,500
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Barber Poles For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of barber poles available for sale. Frequently made of fabric, wool and wood, all barber poles available were constructed with great care. We have 401 antique and vintage barber poles in-stock, while there are 5 modern editions to choose from as well. Barber poles have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. folk art, Georgian and Victorian barber poles are consistently popular styles. Barber poles have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Ernest Gimson, House of Troy and James Hicks are consistently popular.
How Much are Barber Poles?
Prices for barber poles can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, barber poles begin at $159 and can go as high as $130,760, while the average can fetch as much as $3,341.
Questions About Barber Poles
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022The meaning of a barber pole relates to the original function of the profession. Barbers once performed bloodletting, a medical procedure once believed to treat a variety of conditions. The red and blue stripes are said to represent the colors of blood flowing through arteries and veins, while the white color relates to the color of the bandages applied after a treatment. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage barber poles.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2024To understand what the colors on a barber pole mean, you first need to know a bit about the history of barbering. Before barbers began offering haircuts and shaves, they specialized in bloodletting, which was once believed to treat illness and disease and promote good health. The colors on a barber pole relate to this history. Red signifies arterial blood, while blue represents venous blood. Finally, the white color is a nod to the bandages that barbers applied after providing treatment. On 1stDibs, explore an assortment of barber poles.
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