Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Twisted / spiral column
AKA barley-sugar, salomonica, torso column

A column so shaped as to present a twisted or spiral form

Twisted columns were inspired by those of King Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem

Used especially in Baroque architecture.

See also: spiral

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Examples from Buffalo architecture:

• Illustration above: St. John the Baptist R. C. Church

• Our Lady of Victory Basilica
  
  
• 120 Lincoln Pkwy.
  
  
• 181 Depew Ave.
  
  
• St. Gerard's RC Church
  
  
• Genesee Building/Hyatt Regency-Buffalo
  
  
• St. John the Evangelist RC Church

Other examples:

• Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy
  
  
• Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  
  
• St. Nicholas Church, Lesser Town Square (Little Quarter Square), Prague, Czech Republic

• Stained glass , Ariana Swiss Museum of Ceramics and Glass, Geveva, Switzerland