What is a Barley sugar twist on antique furniture
Barley-sugar twist or also known as Barley twist is a type of turning in the form of a spiral twist. This form of turning was used in the late seventeenth century but became very fashionable in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. It was used on column supports, as table legs and as decorative moulding and was often used on mahogany and oak antique furniture.
Current examples we have for sale include an antique Victorian mahogany bookcase with beautiful barley twist pilasters
A set of Edwardian barley twist dining chairs each in oak with barley twist upright supports, splayed back legs, H stretchers and turned front legs.
and a Victorian oak barley twist side server with moulded shelves and beautiful barley twist side supports.
