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Late 19th Century Oushak Rug from Anatolia
Located in West Hollywood, CA
between ivory floral leaf vine and apricot barber-pole stripes, plain outer pistachio-green stripe.
About
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with Modern Northwestern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
band and subsidiary barber pole guard stripe. Perfect for living room, dining room, front room, private
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
3.9x6.6 Ft Antique Caucasian Gendje Rug Colorful Diagonal Stripes, circa 1875
Located in Spring Valley, NY
with several hooked wheel of life motifs and finished with dainty ‘barber-pole’ outlining, creating an
Category
Antique 1870s Caucasian Country Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$2,910 Sale Price
40% Off
19th Century, Excellent Condition Lori Pambak Kazak Rug
Located in Beirut, LB
polychrome designs. There are four bitonal narrow barber pole lines in the border system.
Category
Antique 1860s Armenian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$20,800 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique Persian Arab Baluch Tree of Life Rug, Tribal Style Entry or Foyer Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
panel design is composed of four fan-shaped leaves alternating with Ashik guls separated by barber pole
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Gallery Rug, Wide Hallway Runner
Located in Dallas, TX
outer guard bands composed of meandering vines and barber pole stripes. Relaxed yet formal, the vintage
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Karatchoph Kazak rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
reciprocals in ivory and dark brown.There are four red and yellow barber pole lines in the border system.At
Category
Early 20th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$18,000
Avar Carpet
Located in NEW YORK, NY
white barber pole line at the outer edge.The red selvedges are original and intact.All the colors are
Category
Antique 1880s Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$95,000
Baluch bird bag
Located in NEW YORK, NY
light red and navy.There are two black and white barber pole lines present.At both ends of the knotted
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$2,500
Shirvan prayer rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
there are four bitonal barber pole lines present.The rug is extremely fine and pliable.All the colors
Category
Antique 1870s Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$7,000
Fachralo prayer Kazak rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
discontinuous diamond patterns in various colors.There are four barber pole lines in the border system.At the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$25,000
Eagle Kazak rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
brown.There are four yellow and red narrow barber pole lines in the border system.At each end is a warp weave
Category
Antique 1880s Armenian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$25,000
Fachralo prayer Kazak rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
two black and white barber pole lines and two solid lines in the border system.The red selvedges are
Category
Antique 1870s Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$12,000
Distressed Antique Persian Mahal Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
is finished with a geometric star border flanked with an inner and outer barber pole guard band
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Rustic Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
19th Century Early Caucasian Kazak Konagend Rug
Located in Beirut, LB
polychrome barber pole adding much color and life to the piece.
Category
Antique 1860s Armenian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$7,600 Sale Price
45% Off
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with Rustic Lodge and Tribal Style
Located in Dallas, TX
, and Ram's Horn motifs. It is enclosed with a geometric border flanked with an inner and outer barber
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Kayseri Rug, Rustic
Refined Meets Laid-Back Luxury
Located in Dallas, TX
by inner and outer carnation meander guard bands, and adorned with subsidiary barber pole stripes
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Rustic Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Circa-1910 Tobacco-Brown Floral-Vine Wool Persian Malayer Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
mole-brown and sandy-brown angular linked stylized vine between buff-brown angular boteh and barber
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Distressed Antique Turkish Oushak Rug with Modern Rustic Industrial Style
Located in Dallas, TX
a repeating geometric border flanked with an inner barber pole stripe guard band. Perfect for a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rustic Antique Persian Kurdish Rug, 04
05 x 07
06
Located in Dallas, TX
is enclosed with a double meander border flanked with subsidiary barber pole stripes. Enhanced by its
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Rustic Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Gallery Rug with Mid-Century Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
guard bands and subsidiary barber pole stripes. The intricate geometric pattern astounds with its beauty
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with Artisan and American Colonial Style
Located in Dallas, TX
outer carnation meander guard borders further unify the composition. Barber pole stripes frame the
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish American Colonial Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Matching Pair of Vintage Earth-Tone Turkish Oushak Rug Runners
Located in Dallas, TX
end. The Oushak hallway runners are framed by a rectilinear main border with an inner barber pole
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
$7,920 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage Distressed Oushak Rug
Located in Katonah, NY
soft orange shades. Lots of detail and barber pole coloration and alternating triangles reciprocating
Category
Vintage 1950s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Perepedil prayer rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
colorful triangles.There are four red and white barber pole and two solid blue lines in the border
Category
Early 20th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$19,000
Antique Persian Malayer Rug with Rustic Romantic Georgian Style
Located in Dallas, TX
-tooth and barber pole stripe while it beautifully showcases an all-over geometric pattern composed of
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Georgian Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$1,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Persian Boteh Hamadan Accent Rug with Tudor House Manor Style
Located in Dallas, TX
abrashed vermilion backdrop. It is framed by a series of geometric borders and barber pole guard stripes
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Tudor Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Distressed Vintage Turkish Oushak Runner with Modern Rustic Northwestern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
star border flanked with subsidiary barber pole stripes. With its rich red color and stately appeal
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Mid-Century Modern Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with Rustic Belgian Style
Located in Dallas, TX
flanked with an inner and outer quincunx guard band and subsidiary barber pole stripes. Perfect for an
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
$1,839 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Persian Malayer Runner Victorian Manor House Style
Located in Dallas, TX
barber pole stripes. Perfect for a hallway, corridor, kitchen, long foyer, entryway, stair landing, home
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Victorian Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Malayer Rug with Rustic Farmhouse Style
Located in Dallas, TX
barber pole border. The use of lovely shades of cerulean and coral give the otherwise monochromatic
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Rustic Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$1,436 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Persian Afshar Rug with Nomadic Tribal Style
Located in Dallas, TX
medallions creating an expansion effect. It is enclosed with a variation of the barber pole border flanked
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
1970
s Colorful Turkish Oushak Carpet
Located in Dallas, TX
border and barber’s pole listels frame the composition. With a simple, but effective, design and well
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Gallery Rug with Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
border flanked with meandering guard bands and barber pole stripes. With its monochromatic warm colors
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
3.8x5.3 Ft Antique Kuba Rug, East Caucasus, Ca 1880
Located in Spring Valley, NY
repeating geometric rosettes/guls and several guard bands filled with diagonal stripes (barber pole motif
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug, Colorfully Curated Meets Whimsical Boho
Located in Dallas, TX
with a geometric border enclosed with a multi-colored barber pole stripe. A delicate floral meander
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Distressed Antique Persian Azerbaijan Runner with Industrial Tribal Style
Located in Dallas, TX
barber pole medallion is outlined with jagged spiked edges and each end flanked with an anchor pendant
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$2,399 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Persian Malayer Hallway Runner with Mid-Century Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
knotted wool antique Persian Malayer runner features a distinctive pole medallion design in an open
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Malayer Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$3,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with Southwestern Tribal Style
Located in Dallas, TX
barber pole stripes. The striking play of pattern and scale imbues this vintage Oushak rug with immense
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
$1,359 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Persian Kurdish Hallway Runner with Nomadic Mid-Century Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
germinating seed symbolizing rebirth or regeneration. It is enclosed with a triple border flanked with barber
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$4,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Rustic Style Vintage Turkish Oushak Runner, Hallway Runner
Located in Dallas, TX
, represent marriage. Amulets and diamonds are both used to protect against evil. Simple barber’s pole guard
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Rustic Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
$3,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-19th-Century Antique English Needlepoint Rug, Floral Trellises - Rug
Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
the delicate interior that features a striking "barber pole" or diagonal candy-stripe pattern in deep
Category
Antique 1850s English Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
3.7x4.4 Ft Antique Shirvan Prayer Rug, East Caucasus, Late 19th Century
Located in Spring Valley, NY
visually busy borders are particularly noteworthy, featuring diagonal stripes (barber pole) and intricate
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Shiraz Rug, Rugged Beauty Meets Tribal Enchantment
Located in Dallas, TX
stage, flanked by two guardian borders boasting alternating diagonals or barber pole stripes. As the
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Rustic Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with a Rustic Arts
Crafts Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
medallion's design grace each corner. Rectangular end caps are outlined with a thin barber pole stripe and
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with Minimalist French Country Cottage Style
Located in Dallas, TX
amorphous organic shapes. It is enclosed with a palmette border flanked with an inner barber pole guard band
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
$3,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Distressed Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with Rustic Adirondack Lodge Style
Located in Dallas, TX
guard border and barber pole stripe. Enhanced by its distressed composition and waves of abrash sweeping
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Rustic Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
$3,196 Sale Price
20% Off
New Contemporary Turkish Oushak Area Rug with Modern Coastal Style
Located in Dallas, TX
combination of calyx meander, pearl meander, and barber’s pole secondary borders effectively frame the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Mahal Area Rug with Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
and diamond, Laleh Abbassi, rosette meander, and barber’s pole secondary borders. The dazzling
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Modern Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$4,799 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Turkoman Afghan Rug 04
00 x 11
09
Located in Dallas, TX
dog (vitruvian scroll) and barber pole secondary guard borders flank the main tribal border, creating
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Carpet, Anatolian Enchantment Meets Stylish Durability
Located in Dallas, TX
of depth and movement to the rug's overall composition.
Adding to the rug's charm, thin barber pole
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Shiraz Rug with Mid-Century Modern Tribal Style
Located in Dallas, TX
repeating diamond border flanked with an inner and outer barber pole guard band. With it's nomadic charm and
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Caucasian Kurdish Rug, Nomadic Charm Meets Boho Chic
Located in Dallas, TX
bands. Four sets of thin barber pole guard bands alternate between the series of borders. Based on
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Distressed Antique Persian Malayer Runner with Rustic Style
Located in Dallas, TX
botanical pattern. An inner barber pole guard stripe frames the abrashed field giving it a sense of order
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Malayer Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with Rustic Spanish Revival Style
Located in Dallas, TX
is comprised of two barber’s pole striped guard borders flanking a geometric meander main border. The
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Malayer Extra-Long Hallway Runner with Manor House Tudor Style
Located in Dallas, TX
spandrel. The inside composition is enclosed with a barber pole stripe. The antique Persian Malayer runner
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Malayer Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Malayer Rug with Eclectic Parisian and Arts
Crafts Style
Located in Dallas, TX
flanked by barber pole stripes and an outer carnation meander guard band. Showcasing a tranquil palette of
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Arts and Crafts Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$6,080 Sale Price
20% Off
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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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