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19th Century Original Patriotic Barber Pole/Whirligig in Tin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
tin barber pole has a great wonderful surface and form.The condition is very good and it really works!
Category
20th Century American More Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Rare English Wooden Barbers Pole Trade Shop Sign
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Rare English wooden Barbers pole trade shop sign
This is a very rare old sign, it is English in
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Signs
19THC BARBER POLE IN ORIGINAL RED AND WHITE PAINT FROM NEW ENGLA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19THC ORIGINAL PAINTED BARBER POLE IN ORIGINAL PAINTED SURFACE-FOUND IN NEW ENGLAND ON CUSTOM MADE
Category
Antique 19th Century American Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
19THC BARBER POLE IN ORIGINAL RED AND WHITE PAINT FROM NEW ENGLA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19THC ORIGINAL PAINTED BARBER POLE IN ORIGINAL PAINTED SURFACE-FOUND IN NEW ENGLAND ON CUSTOM MADE
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Free Standing Barber Pole
Located in Surrey, BC
In original paint, untouched condition circa 1900-10 found in Chicago
Category
Early 20th Century American Primitive More Folk Art
Materials
Wood
USA mid-century lighted barber pole in plastic, metal and opaline glass, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
USA mid-century Lighted barber Pole in plastic, metal and opaline glass, 1950s
Illuminated barber
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
19th Century Wooden Barber Pole
Located in Surrey, BC
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This pole is in excellent condition.
Category
Antique Early 1900s Canadian American Classical Signs
Materials
Pine
19th Century Original Painted Barker Cast Iron Keywind Barber Pole
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original James Barker Foundry barber pole. This pole was manufactured in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Political and Patriotic Memo...
Materials
Iron
Black
White Barber Pole with Acorn Finials, ca 1840-1860
Located in York County, PA
This delicate, New England barber pole has a round, double-tapered shaft with a swelled vase
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Signs
Materials
Wood
Antique English Oak Mule Chest with Barber Pole Inlay c. 1677
Located in Westfield, MA
most eye-catching features of the chest is the barber pole inlay along the lower edges, crafted from
Category
Antique 1670s English Charles II Blanket Chests
Materials
Oak
Great 19th Century Geometric Design American Barber Pole
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Very unique geometric design and nice early dry paint
Measures 83" tall and 10" square at the base
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Genuine Barber Pole
Bracket, Chrome
Glass, c1940’s
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique barber shop pole offers the traditional red, white and blue twist striped pole encased
Category
Mid-20th Century Architectural Elements
Materials
Chrome
Antique Genuine William Marvy
Co. St Paul MN Barber Pole
Bracket, c1930’s
By Marvy Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique barber shop pole by William Marvy & Co. St Paul MN offers the traditional red, white and
Category
Early 20th Century American Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Chrome, Iron
Vintage English Pub Sign Artwork Barber Sign and Public Baths
Located in Tyler, TX
English Vintage Hanging Pub Sign ~~Barber Pole~~Public Baths
39.5" tall x 21.5" wide x .75" deep
Category
Late 20th Century English Sporting Art Decorative Art
Materials
Paint, Wood
19thC American Folk Art Trade Sign
Located in San Francisco, CA
Folk art trade sign barber pole. Wonderful untouched surface, retains most of its original first
Category
Antique 19th Century American Signs
Materials
Wood
Square tea caddy
Located in San Francisco, CA
George III period square tea caddy in satinwood with walnut crossbandng and barber pole string
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Boxes
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
$1,350
Moghan Caucasian Rug
Located in San Francisco, CA
border framed by reciprocal and barber-pole guard borders.
Category
Antique 19th Century Caucasian Rugs
$11,500
Antique Indian Hoshiarpur Brass inlaid Table
Located in Sherborne, GB
Hoshiarpur hexagonal table circa 1890 profusely inlayed with brass foliage and barbers pole
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Moorish Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Quilt Pastel Postage Stamp Pattern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pastel postage stamp quilt is such an unusual pattern and fine barber pole sliding border. The
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Cotton
Midcentury Rare Mixed Media Painting on Masonite by Leonardo Nierman
By Leonardo Nierman
Located in Astoria, NY
Nierman. This piece shows a barber's pole amidst a rhythmic, abstract, cubist background. Signed and dated
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
A French cherry armoire with banded inlay, C 1800.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, banded "barber pole" style inlays, and two doors, all supported by small turned legs. Note - This armoire
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XV Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Cherry
Pair of English Regency Mahogany Hall Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
later painted armorial figure of a lion perched on a barber pole holding a purse, over a trapezoidal
Category
Antique 19th Century English Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
English Rosewood Book Stand, circa 1920
Located in High Point, NC
on the top surrounded by an inlaid band and barber pole inlays on the shelf supports and legs. The
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
circa 1885-1915 Bench-Made Colonial Revival Serpentine Chest
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
flame veneer on the 4 graduated drawers and barber pole banding. Poplar secondary wood. Several re-built
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Colonial Revival Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Poplar
Fine George III Mahogany Serpentine Pembroke Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
figured top with barber-pole banded edge over an apron fitted a drawer opposing a mock drawer and on stop
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Great Britain (UK) Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
19th Century Caucasian Karabagh Gallery Runner with Delightful Rustic Charm
Located in San Francisco, CA
vegetal forms. A simple border composed of two barber pole minors and interlocking rosettes provide a very
Category
Antique 19th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Pair of 19th Century English Columns
Located in High Point, NC
carved in a barber pole pattern. The base is carved out of a single piece of wood, which has shrinkage
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Oak
Early 19th Century Georgian English Chest of Drawers
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
bracket feet. Extensive barber pole inlays (minor losses). Three oval shell inlays across the frieze
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
George III Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Drawers
Located in Savannah, GA
with barber pole inlay decoration.
Category
Antique 1810s English George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Drawers
Located in Savannah, GA
with barber pole inlay decoration.
Category
Antique 1810s English George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Bakshaish Rug
Located in New York, NY
camel ground. The dense yet understated figure-eight and barber pole borders provide the perfect framing
Category
Antique 19th Century Persian Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$12,000
19th Century English Mahogany Box with Inlay
Located in High Point, NC
Mid-19th century inlaid mahogany box from England. The box has barber pole string inlay along all
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Boxwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique Shirvan Rug
Located in New York, NY
borders, barber pole guard bands and symbolic outer borders filled with S-hooks create a strong frame that
Category
Antique 19th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$6,200
Handwoven Antique Wool Caucasian Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
floral motifs between zig-zag and barber-pole stripes, outer linked polychrome lozenge and reciprocal
Category
Early 20th Century Armenian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Kazak Rug
Located in New York, NY
. Supplemental barber pole guard bands emphasize the traditional Caucasian style of this stunning antique Kazak
Category
Antique 19th Century Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$7,500
Antique Kazak Rug
Located in New York, NY
sapphire blue, vermillion and teal. Barber-pole guardbands separate the field and main borders adding
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$26,500
Vintage Persian Assadabad Hamadan Accent Rug, Small Runner Arts
Crafts Style
Located in Dallas, TX
barber pole guard bands. Color palette consists of variegated shades of red, blue, ivory, blue, orange
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Arts and Crafts Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Earthy Antique American Hooked Rug. Size: 6 ft 6 in x 8 ft 9 in
Located in New York, NY
inside. A multitude of borders is used around the center, and designs that include a barber's pole and
Category
Early 20th Century American American Colonial North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Shiraz Persian Rug with Mid-Century Modern Tribal Style
Located in Dallas, TX
tribal symbols. It is enclosed with a repeating Ram's Horn border flanked with an inner and outer barber
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Kazak Caucasian Rug
Located in New York, NY
. These archetypal Kazak patterns are accompanied by graphic zigzagging guardbands, barber-pole accents
Category
Antique 19th Century Georgian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$11,000
Antique Satinwood Inlaid Bookcase Cabinet
By Morant
Co.
Located in London, GB
specimen woods and, framed with line inlay and barbers pole stringing. Labeled to the reverse (top left
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Adam Style Bookcases
Materials
Satinwood
Antique Tribal Caucasian Kazak Rug
Located in New York, NY
wrapped with barber-pole borders. These grand figures are supported by clouds of symbolic space fillers
Category
Early 20th Century Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Bashir Prayer Rug
Located in New York, NY
. The clear ivory and red field is intersected by polychromatic barber-pole dividers that form a
Category
Antique 19th Century Afghan Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Swedish Pile Carpet by Marta Maas
By Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Located in New York, NY
enhance the refined pattern and give it a cool, airy style. Barber-pole stripes in alternating hues of
Category
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
19th Century Barber Post Pole
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original painted red white and blue wooden barber post pole. Unusual and rare form.
Category
Antique 19th Century American More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Antique Caucasian Kilim
Located in New York, NY
running-water accents and barber-pole pinstripes emphasize the symbolic richness of the bold striped
Category
Early 20th Century Georgian Kilim Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$6,000
Antique Caucasian Kazak Rug
Located in New York, NY
barber-pole stripes, brick-red guardbands filled with segmented rosettes and narrow main borders
Category
Early 20th Century Georgian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Irish Killarney Kerry Arbutus Wood Antique Jewelry Casket Box Mid-19th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
rectangular vacant reserve with barber pole inlaid surround and scrolling leaves border, inside is a similar
Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
Karatchoph Kazak rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
and yellow and red and ivory narrow barber pole lines in the border system.The size is square,the pile
Category
Antique 1850s Armenian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$35,000
Colorful Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
and outer barber pole stripe.
Rendered in variegated shades of red, sky blue, tan, beige, slate gray
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Hoshiapur Anglo Indian Profusely Inlaid Octagonal Table c1880
Located in Sherborne, GB
A rare and stunning profusely inlaid Hoshiapur octagonal table with barbers pole decoration to the
Category
Antique 1880s Indian Moorish Side Tables
Materials
Bone, Ebony, Teak
Antique Persian Qashgai Khorgeen Saddlebag C1930 (Handwoven Oriental Rug)
Located in Leeds, GB
saddlebag has flat woven panels with brick lattice fields of octagons flanked by barber poles and borders of
Category
Vintage 1930s Persian Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Caucasian Tribal Kazak Rug, Hallway Runner
Located in Dallas, TX
finished with a variation of the Ram's Horn border symbolizing strength and fertility. Two very thin barber
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Kurdish Rug with Neutral Hues, c.1930-40
s
Located in Milwaukee, WI
salmon-coral pink! Amazing barber pole design around the border and just an all-over one-of-one piece
Category
20th Century Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Turkish Oushak Carpet. Size: 12 ft x 16 ft (3.66 m x 4.88 m)
Located in New York, NY
of barber pole stripes separated by an undulating vine bearing tiny rosettes and small triangular
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Karatchoph Kazak rug
Located in NEW YORK, NY
and yellow barber pole lines in the border system.At each end is a narrow dark red flatwoven
Category
Antique 1860s Armenian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Cotton, Wool
$30,000
New Contemporary Turkish Oushak Runner with French Rococo Style, Pastel Colors
Located in Dallas, TX
border and inner barber pole stripe. This contemporary Oushak runner manages to maintain its true Turkish
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
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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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