Barber Poles

Makri/Megri prayer rug,today’s Fethiye,Mugla,south west Anatolia (Turkey) Age: circa 1870 Size: 4′.0"x3′.1" (122×94 cm) Floating on the blue field is a red angular mihrab with pal...

Triple starburst floral medallions atop a covered field of minor pinwheel floral top views enveloped by a stepped border and rams horn end finials. Barber pole inner minor border wit...

Grand Tour Specimen-Marble Obelisk, Italian, 19th century A jewel-like tabletop obelisk built from alternating bands of polished specimen stones—giallo Siena, rouge griotte, verte an...

Methane rug from southeast Caucasus,Talish area Age: circa 1870 Size: 7′.6"x3′.4" (229×102 cm) This southeast Caucasian long rug features a barber pole hexagon lattice enclosing h...

The indigo field with two serrated medallions enclosed by borders of stepped güls flanked by barber poles. A old hand knotted rug made of high quality wool with long fringes to the e...

Shirvan rug from eastern Caucasus,west coast of the Caspian Sea Age: dated 1302=1884 Christian date Dimensions: 6′.9"x3′.11" (206×119 cm) The ivory field displays a hexagonal sawt...

Bordjalou Kazak rug from Armenia,southwest Caucasus Age: circa 1875 Size: 6′.2"x4′.4" ( 188×132 cm) On a madder red field,there are three complete nested hooked lozenge medallions...

Karagashli rug from Kuba district,eastern Caucasus,west coast of the Caspian Sea Age: circa 1870 Size: 4′.10″x3′.3″ (147×99 cm) The abrashed medium blue field shows the characteri...

Chi Chi rug from Kuba district,eastern Caucasus,west coast of the Caspian Sea Age: circa 1890 Size: 5′.11″x3′.10″ (180×117 cm) This extremely colorful eastern Caucasian Chi Chi ru...

Kazak prayer rug from southwest Caucasus Age: dated 1292= 1875 Size: 5′.3″x3′.1″ (160×94 cm) This attractive Kazak rug displays a nested and hooked diamond medallion above a squar...

The running water guard bands and flanked with very thin barber pole stripes. Rendered in variegated shades of red, scarlet, ruby red, ink blue, navy blue, sky blue, tan, beige, e...

Main border comprised of barber pole trapezoids with implied movement and randomly alternating color fills.

This antique, circa 1890, Persian Faraghan runner has an indigo-blue field with an overall design of polychrome herati-vine, in an ivory border of angular polychrome floral vine betw...

Shirvan rug from eastern Caucasus,west coast of the Caspian Sea Age: circa 1865 Size: 5′.1″x3′.5″ ( 155×104 cm) The teal field is centered by a vertical keyhole medallion with a s...

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 Khotan runner has a shaded sky-blue field with a central column of dusty-pink pomegranate and angular leafy vine issuing further pomegranates, in a shaded mid-blue borde...

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 wide main border repeats the quatrefoil florets of the central area, accompanied by an outer rosette border, inner rectilinear Meander border, and a series of barber’s pole liste...

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...

It is enclosed with a geometric rectilinear border flanked by an outer zigzag guard band flanked with subsidiary barber pole stripes. Perfect for an entry, foyer, stair landing, kitc...

:: Triple interconnected columns of barber pole alternating stems with floral blossoms in ram's horn design relief and floral top views.

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...

:: Interconnected center medallions in hexagonal relief wrapped by an inner minor border in barber pole alternating coloration with main border in an oversized geometric quatrefoil o...

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...

Skyscraper, enclosed porchlight, lamp, barber pole, Art Deco.

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...

It is enclosed with a geometric botanical border flanked with an outer guard band and subsidiary barber pole guard stripe. Perfect for living room, dining room, front room, private l...

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 geometric border flanked with an inner and outer barber pole guard stripe. Perfect for an entry, stair landing, kitchen, corridor, private library, den, mudroom...

Encircled by an equally elaborate floral border, flanked by inner and outer carnation meander guard bands, and adorned with subsidiary barber pole stripes, this vintage Kayseri rug i...

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...

It is enclosed with a tribal border flanked with inner and outer rosette guard bands and subsidiary barber pole stripes. The intricate geometric pattern astounds with its beauty and ...

Meanwhile inner and outer carnation meander guard borders further unify the composition. Barber pole stripes frame the innermost border, adding depth and movement across the carpet f...

The Oushak hallway runners are framed by a rectilinear main border with an inner barber pole guard border. Rendered in variegated shades of camel, ecru, tan, sienna, coffee, scarlet ...

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...

Amazing range of shades and abrashes stretching throughout, mainly those found in the corner spandrels in pale blue and soft orange shades. Lots of detail and barber pole coloration ...

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...

It is finished with a leaf and calyx style (wine glass) border flanked with an inner and outer quincunx guard band and subsidiary barber pole stripes. Perfect for an entry, stair lan...

Along with the main border, a simple running water outer guard border and barber’s pole listels frame the composition. With a simple, but effective, design and well-harmonized color ...

The warm earth-tone Oushak rug is enclosed with an ornate floral meander border flanked with meandering guard bands and barber pole stripes. With its monochromatic warm colors and cl...