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Large Brass Door Handles
Located in Pomona, CA
A huge pair of impressive brass door handles. Barley twist center column with Corinthian caps and
Category

Late 20th Century American Doors and Gates

Materials

Brass

Carved Oak Standard Lamp
Located in Cheshire, GB
Oak standard lamp, the barley twist carved column raised up on circular base. Dimensions Height
Category

Early 20th Century British Floor Lamps

Materials

Oak

18th Century Painted French Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Louis XIII style frame (circa 1750-1780) from Lourdes, with barley twist columns, remnants
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XIII Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Wood

18th Century Coffer From Belgium
Located in Hixson, TN
twist columns adorn the front too.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Belgian Cabinets

Figural Lion Pedestal Accent Table with Marble Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pedestal table having round veined white marble top, distressed painted finish, barley twist column
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Side Tables

Materials

Marble

IRISH WRITING DESK
Located in New York, NY
Intricately carved Irish walnut writing desk. Bold barley-twist columns flank ornately carved
Category

Antique 19th Century Irish Desks

Antique Edwardian quality mahogany towel rail
Located in Ipswich, GB
by barley twist columns standing on cabriole legs with scroll feet. D. 1900
Category

Early 20th Century Furniture

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Victorian quality mahogany towel rail
Located in Ipswich, GB
by barley twist columns standing on cabriole legs with scroll feet. D. 1860
Category

Antique 19th Century Furniture

Materials

Mahogany

English Oak Turned Floor Lamp, circa 1900
Located in High Point, NC
English oak floor lamp with lovely hand-turned barley twist column supported on a hand-turned and
Category

Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Floor Lamps

Materials

Oak

Oak Jacobean Style Dressing Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
barley twist columns and short draws to the base. To the large rectangular oak top above an arrangement
Category

Early 20th Century British Vanities

Materials

Oak

Set of (3) Giltwood Italian Mirrors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Note the twisted barley columns, and the fanciful peaked crowns.
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Gold

English Occasional Table of Turned Mahogany
Located in Austin, TX
a barley twist turned column pedestal, on a carved tripod base.
Category

Antique 19th Century English Gueridon

19th Century mahogany occasional table
Located in Martlesham, GB
twist column terminating on a circular platform base raised on scroll feet. Circa 1860.
Category

Antique 1860s British Victorian Side Tables

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Grand Renaissance Stripped Oak Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
a timeless hand-carved facade which includes decorative molding and barley twist columns surrounding
Category

Antique Early 1900s European Renaissance Revival Buffets

Materials

Oak

Empire Portico Clock, circa 1880
By Guichard
Located in Evergreen, CO
Suspended under a portico, which is supported by four barley twist columns, this Guichard, spring
Category

Antique 1880s Italian Empire Mantel Clocks

Materials

Metal

Early Victorian Rosewood Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
three-section bookcase with central barley twist columns. Adjustable shelves. Plinth base.
Category

Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Bookcases

c.1870 Napoleon III Style Bonnetiere
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Napoleon III style bonnetiere with barley twist columns, bird's eye maple interior, a locking
Category

Antique 19th Century French Wardrobes and Armoires

20th Century English Jacobean Style Carved Oak Bar
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
, with decorative mouldings. The canopy is supported by two large barley twist columns. The bar remains
Category

Early 20th Century English Jacobean Dry Bars

Materials

Oak

Victorian Scottish Chest of Drawers
Located in Calgary, Alberta
A really nice heavy Victorian chest of drawers flanked on the sides with barley twist columns
Category

Antique 19th Century Scottish Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Charleston Mahogany Tall Case Clock
Located in Charleston, SC
pediment bonnet, corinthian gilt bronze capitals, side mounted barley twist columns, and ending on turned
Category

Antique 19th Century Clocks

19th Century French Renaissance Cabinet Confiturier
Located in Dallas, TX
in full relief flanked by barley twist columns. circa 1850s. Measures: 41 H x 31 W x 16.5.
Category

Antique 1850s French Renaissance Cabinets

19th Century French Louis XIII Buffet Deux Corp with Fish and Fowl Motif
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Hand-carved oak Louis XIII style buffet deux corps with barley twist columns and original glass
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XIII Cupboards

Materials

Glass, Oak

Antique French Renaissance Walnut Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
each cornerpost. The clockwise & counter-clockwise barley twist columns are connected with a barley
Category

Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables

Carved Oak Centre Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
central leaf carved cup and cover column, flanked by barley twist columns. Above unusual moustached mask
Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Center Tables

Materials

Oak

19th Century French Henri II Style Three Tier Server Buffet Etagere
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
hidden marble top beneath the lift-up oak surface, and with two carved drawers and barley twist column
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Serving Tables

Materials

Oak

c.1870 Napoleon III Style Ebonized Day Bed
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
flanked by beautiful barley twist columns. This bed will require a mattress size of 48" wide x 72" long.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Daybeds

Pair Of Carved And Limed Wood Table Lamps By Frederick Cooper
Located in Chicago, IL
barley twist columns. The carved two piece body is perched on a solid wood base with gilt appointments
Category

Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Large Scale 19th Century English Pollard Oak Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Richmond, VA
. Incredible color and patina William IV period bookcase with barley twist columns. Top has had modern lights
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English William IV Bookcases

Materials

Wood

19th Century French Pedestal Side Table
Located in High Point, NC
. The pedestal is a hand-turned barley-twist column which is resting on a wonderfully shaped and carved
Category

Antique 19th Century French Black Forest Side Tables

Materials

Oak

19th Century French Carved Oak Renaissance Revival Bookcase
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
‘handle’. Boldly-molded crown and turned barley twist columns.
Category

Antique 1880s French Renaissance Revival Side Tables

Materials

Glass, Oak

19th Century French Gothic Style Hand Carved Oak and Walnut Cabinet or Credenza
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Gothic motifs on all forward facing panels and double spiraled barley twist columns that support its many
Category

Antique 1880s French Gothic Credenzas

Materials

Walnut, Oak

Late 19th Century Crystal and Bronze Chandelier
Located in Manhasset, NY
Late 19th or very early 20th century barley twist glass column center form bronze and hanging
Category

Early 20th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Crystal, Metal

19th Century English Victorian Slipper Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
barley twist columns. Having splayed back legs and elegant cabriole form front legs, circa 1860.
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Slipper Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Antique Jacobean Heavily Carved Oak and Burl Step Back Cupboard, circa 1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
scroll and foliate motif and bookmatched insets flanked by barley twist columns, lower cabinet having
Category

20th Century Jacobean Cabinets

Materials

Burl, Oak

Antique Elizabethan Style English Oak Leaded Glass Tall Bookcase Cabinets, c1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
with flanking barley twist columns, c1900 Measures- 59.25'' H x 19.5'' W x 18'' D.
Category

Early 20th Century English Elizabethan Bookcases

Materials

Oak, Glass

Arts Crafts Brass Candlestick with Inlays
Located in Lincoln, GB
pan. Leads down to a barley twist column supported by an inlay circular base. Elegant addition
Category

Antique 19th Century Candlesticks

Materials

Brass

Good Quality Victorian Rosewood Leather Side Chair
Located in Benington, Herts
chair has a pierced carved foliate scrolling top rail supported by barley twist columns and a padded
Category

Antique 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Victorian Side Chairs

Materials

Leather, Rosewood

English Mahogany Grandfather Long Case Clock with 5 Chimes and Moon Dial
Located in Houston, TX
Mahogany long case clock with barley twist carved wood columns on each side. Exquisite face in
Category

Early 20th Century English Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Rosewood and Pietra Dura Occasional Table
Located in Martlesham, GB
geometric sunburst border, inset to a rosewood circular top which is supported on a bold barley twist column
Category

Antique 1860s British Victorian Game Tables

Materials

Rosewood

19th Century French Renaissance Writing Table
Located in Dallas, TX
, with demilune gadrooning all around the top, and clockwise and counter-clockwise barley twist columns
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing T...

Materials

Oak

Booth and Langley Dispensing Pharmacy Shop Counter
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
decorative back gallery with chunky barley twist turned columns to the front The dresser is distressed but
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century High Victorian Sideboards

Materials

Wood

Antique French Louis Philippe Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
above the cabinets below, which are flanked by intriguing belled barley twist columns. Lion's paw feet
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Bookcases

Antique Communion Rail in English Oak, Victorian Ecclesiastical, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
quality, stout barley twist baluster columns Flank a run of smaller, barley twist spindles Supporting an
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Benches

Antique Danish Carved Sideboard Circa 1870, Black Painted Finish
Located in Round Top, TX
Lovely Danish sideboard from the late 1800's with carved panel doors and barley twist columns. Note
Category

Antique 19th Century Danish Sideboards

Materials

Wood, Paint

Italian Carved Floor Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
fully laden grapevines in teh folds of the barley twist column. Boldly carved corinthian capital
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps

1850s French Provincial Hardwood Armchair
Located in High Point, NC
acanthus leaf armrests and barley twist columns-- recalling an agrarian ideal and the landscape origin of
Category

Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Upholstery, Hardwood

Italian Carved Standing Lamp c. 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The body of this lamp is made of a walnut twisted barley carved column intertwined with giltwood
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps

Victorian Mahogany Cheval Mirror
Located in King s Lynn, GB
A Large Early Victorian Mahogany Cheval Mirror with barley twists columns and supports, standing
Category

Antique 19th Century British Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mir...

Materials

Mirror, Mahogany

Antique Federal Inlaid MOP Mahogany Pembroke Drop Leaf Side Table Sheraton
Located in Dayton, OH
, two drawers (One with Dividers) and barley twisted column pedestal base. Measures: 17.5" x 17" x
Category

Early 20th Century Federal Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Mahogany

19th Century French Renaissance Jewelry Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
around and supported by clockwise and counter-clockwise barley twist columns, circa 1870s Measures: 27
Category

Antique 1870s French Renaissance Revival Vanities

Materials

Oak

Victorian Antique Communion Rail in English Oak, Ecclesiastical, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
quality, stout barley twist baluster columns Flank a run of smaller, barley twist spindles Supporting an
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Benches

19th Century Scottish Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in High Point, NC
larger drawers, which are flanked by hand turned barley twist columns. The entire chest has wonderful
Category

Antique 19th Century Scottish Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

South German Walnut Armoire
Located in Round Top, TX
to detail and exceptional 18th century craftsmanship.Note the barley twist columns, claw and ball
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Wardrobes and Armoires

Materials

Wood, Walnut

19th Century French Buffet with Carved Plaques
Located in High Point, NC
twist columns flanking two drawers over two lower doors, all wonderfully embellished with hand carved
Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Buffets

Materials

Oak

Anglo Indian Canopy Bed
Located in Palm Beach, FL
cornice supported by barley twist columns. The headboard is expertly carved with floral and nautical
Category

Antique 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Swedish Burr Birch Tallboy Chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
twist column. Plain birch sides. Rich golden color and patina. Partially losses to 2 of the drawer
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Swedish High Victorian Commodes and Chests of ...

Materials

Birch

19th Century Swedish Burr Birch Tallboy Chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
twist column. Plain birch sides. Rich golden color and patina. Partially losses to 2 of the drawer
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Birch

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Twisted Barley Column For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the twisted barley column you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, oak and walnut, every twisted barley column was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer twisted barley column, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A twisted barley column made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Neoclassical — is very popular.

How Much is a Twisted Barley Column?

A twisted barley column can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,939, while the lowest priced sells for $490 and the highest can go for as much as $7,800.
Questions About Twisted Barley Column
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023
    A barley twist lamp is a table lamp or floor lamp that has a spiraling base. Usually, the bases are solid mahogany wood, but other types of wood and even metal are sometimes used. Find a variety of lamps from some of the world's top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The term “barley twist” refers to thin spiraling forms. Most often when barley twist is used, it relates to furniture. During the 19th century, many chairs, tables and casegoods featured barley twist legs. You can find a range of barley twist furniture on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021
    A classic barley twist refers to a specific attribute of a piece of furniture. The “twist” refers to a furnishing’s twisted form — in a table’s legs or in its trim, for example — that resembles a twisted stalk of barley sugar. The twist was frequently made of beech or walnut.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Barley twist legs were originally cut by hand until the invention of the lathe, which assisted with creating the twisted design. Barley twist legs are named after sticks of barley sugar and feature a spiral look. Browse a selection of furniture featuring barley twist legs on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Barley twist furniture dates back to the Jacobean and Stuart eras in England and the Louis XIII and Louis XIV eras in France. During this time, many furniture makers produced chairs, tables and case goods with twisty legs. The name barley twist comes from barley sugar candy enjoyed at the time. Shop a range of barley twist furniture on 1stDibs.