Antique Barber Poles

Shirvan runner from eastern Caucasus,west coast of the Caspian Sea Age: circa 1870 Size: 7′.11"x3′.2" (241×97 cm) The royal blue field displays nine hooked hexagons forming a cent...

Bordjalou Kazak rug from Armenia,southwest Caucasus Age: circa 1875 Measurements: 6′.6"x5′.10" (198×178 cm) This extremely bold Bordjalou Kazak rug is a study in ivory,blue green,...

Eagle,Chelaberd or Sunburst Kazak rug from Armenia,southwest Caucasus Age: circa 1880 Size: 7′.5"X4′.7" (226X140 cm) The red field displays a single characteristic sunburst medall...

Lesghi rug from Kuba district,eastern Caucasus,west coast of the Caspian Sea Age: circa 1885 Size: 6′.4″x3′.10″ (193×117 cm) The navy field displays four floating Lesghi stars in ...

Kuba rug from eastern Caucasus,Kuba district Age: circa 1890 Size: 6′.7"x3′.11" (201×119 cm) Rose,ivory,red,yellow,green and blue are distributed in the form of stepped medallions...

This antique, circa 1890, Oushak runner has a tomato-red field with a central column of linked polychrome palmettes issuing to each side polychrome larger flowerheads with an outer b...

This antique Karabagh Runner features an indigo field with a polychrome herati-pattern around a central ivory stepped lozenge containing a shaded burgundy-purple and sandy-brown palm...

The five-panel border contains polychrome rosettes, trefoils, and diagonal barber poles on the minor borders while the main border includes a Chi Chi design of rosettes and geometric...

Khamseh carpet from south west Persia (Iran) Age: circa 1880 Size: 8′.4"x5′.1" (254×155 cm) The red subfield is centered by a green and blue three panel pole medallion with square...

Single medallion Eagle,Chelaberd or Sunburst Kazak rug from southwest Caucasus,Armenia Age: circa 1870 Size: 6′.10″x 4′.5″ (208×135 cm) This beautiful single medallion Eagle Kazak...

Kuba rug from eastern Caucasus,Kuba district Age: dated 1298=1881 Size: 4′.1″x3′.2″ (124×97 cm) The honey field displays a stepped offset five column red lattice enclosing beautif...

Shirvan long rug from eastern Caucasus,west coast of the Caspian Sea Age: dated 1297=1880 Size: 11′.0″X3′.7″ (335×109 cm) The navy ground shows openwork floriated botehs in offset...

Shirvan runner from eastern Caucasus,west coast of the Caspian Sea Age: circa 1885 Dimensions: 8′.10"x3′.5" (269×104 cm) This extremely decorative Shirvan runner with its unusual ...

Perepedil rug from eastern Caucasus,Kuba district,west coast of the Caspian Sea Age: circa 1885 Size: 7′.5"x4′.7" (226×140 cm) The slightly abrashed dark blue field displays the c...

This antique Turkish Oushak rug has a pistachio-green field with an overall design of dusty-pink, light blue and burgundy red bold palmettes linked by stylized angular floral and lea...

The field is decorated with diagonal stripes that are each filled with several hooked wheel of life motifs and finished with dainty ‘barber-pole’ outlining, creating an unmistakably ...

There are four bitonal narrow barber pole lines in the border system.

Karatchoph Kazak rug from southwest Caucasus,Armenia Age: dated 1343=1924 Size: 7′.6″x6′.0″ (229×183 cm) This unusual and interesting Karatchoph variant shows an octagonal central...

Age: circa 1880 Size: 12′.0″x5′.9″ (366×175 cm) Although it looks like a large southwestern Kazak carpet is in fact a very rare pile Avar from the northeastern Caucasus.The abrashe...

Shirvan prayer rug from eastern Caucasus west coast of the Caspian Sea Age: circa 1875 Size: 4′.9"x3′.6" (145×107 cm) The characteristic ivory field of this finely woven east Cauc...

Fachralo prayer Kazak rug from southwest Caucasus Age: circa 1870 Size: 6′.11″x4′.10″ (211×147 cm) This oversize Fachralo prayer Kazak rug displays a red field with matching spand...

Eagle Kazak rug,or Chelaberd Kazak from southwest Caucasus Age: circa 1880 Size: 6′.6″x5′.3″ x (198×160 cm) The red field displays a central eagle medallion in ivory with a dark ...

Fachralo prayer Kazak rug from southwest Caucasus Age: circa 1875 Size: 4′.0″x3′.1″ (122×94 cm) This attractive Fachralo prayer rug is unusual for several reasons:the pistachio fi...

Framing the rug, is a polychrome barber pole adding much color and life to the piece.  

It is enclosed with a repeating geometric border flanked with an inner barber pole stripe guard band. Perfect for a small space, reading nook, powder bath, grand foyer, designer entr...

The composition achieves remarkable precision through its fine drawing and balanced spacing, while the layered guard borders and striking barber-pole stripe border lend the rug excep...

Age: dated 1341=1922 Size: 10′.0″x4′.9″ (305×145 cm) This unusually long ivory Perepedil prayer rug displays a faceted niche arch at one end along with three identical dates and an...

The field is framed by exceptionally elaborate borders, including a main border featuring repeating geometric rosettes/guls and several guard bands filled with diagonal stripes (barb...

Connoisseurs will particularly admire the monumental border, a bold departure from the delicate interior that features a striking "barber pole" or diagonal candy-stripe pattern in de...

The complex and visually busy borders are particularly noteworthy, featuring diagonal stripes (barber pole) and intricate geometric guard bands that utilize a full palette of natural...

A primary border adorned with eight-pointed star motifs set in octagons takes center stage, flanked by two guardian borders boasting alternating diagonals or barber pole stripes. As ...

The inclusion of a sophisticated primary border containing a rhythmic sequence of reciprocating diagonal “running dog” or barber pole stripes creates a precise visual frame that high...

The exceptional clarity of the angular outlines specifically the minute geometric details within the stepped medallions and the precisely executed “barber pole” guard borders definit...

The exceptional clarity of the decorative outlines specifically the stepped edges of the prayer niche and the precisely executed “barber pole” guard borders definitively distinguishe...

The exceptional clarity of the angular outlines specifically the minute “barber pole” stripes separating the border layers and the precisely rendered geometric blossoms within the la...

The cream-colored border is composted of large-scale amulet motifs for good luck and protection, flanked by two rosette and ribbon guard bands. Four sets of thin barber pole guard ba...

These stylized female figures, symbolizing motherhood and fertility, are meticulously arranged in eight vertical columns, artfully interrupted by barber pole stripes that playfully d...

The antique Oushak runner is framed by a double border that features a delicate inner barber pole guard border, lending a structured yet elegant outline to the piece.

The crenelated fence of security border represents the safeguarding of what is most precious in life, while twisted barber-pole guard stripes evoke continuity and interconnectedness.

Enclosed within thin red and white barber pole stripes, the main border weaves a tableau of bohemian whimsy, juxtaposing the structured elegance of the central design with a playful ...

Two guard bands, adorned with the comb symbol and running water motifs, add an extra layer of depth and meaning, flanked by delicate barber pole bands. These elements, meticulously c...

The enclosure is further refined by subsidiary barber-pole guard stripes, a subtle nod to Anatolia's antique weaving traditions.

The folklore about Cigar Store Indians in the late 18th C suggests that they provided a visual marker, much like a barber’s striped pole, for illiterate customers or, in the followin...

The folklore about Cigar Store Indians in the late 18th C suggests that they provided a visual marker, much like a barber’s striped pole, for illiterate customers or, in the followin...

Running the length of the antique Persian style rug is a barber striped pole with mirrored boteh motifs. Each corner spandrel is adorned with a large-scale Scarab, tree of life, and ...