DS - Barber Chair (11x14)

This drawing is based on an 1895 model Koken hydraulic barber chair, in use during the Golden Age of the tonsorial profession. Barbers once performed the work of surgeons, trimming corns, lancing boils and removing stones and tumors well into the nineteenth century. Mentioned in popular literature (Sancho Panza ofDon Quixote was one), these itinerant professionals traveled from village to village on a seasonal basis, wearing their shaving basins on their heads, a notch cut in the brim to make room for customers’ necks.

 Look for the Barber Pole, Barber’s Jacket, Barber Quarter (Two Bits, showing “Heads”), Brush, Bay Rum, Razor, Strop, Safety Blade, Scissors, Sink, Spray, Spittoon, Shaving Mug, Mirror, Talc, Towel, Comb, Cologne, Clippers, Cigar, Pomade, Footrest for Shoeshine, Antiseptic Bath, and a classic, hat-shaped Barber’s Basin.

 11x14" S/N Edition of 500