Biedermeier Night Stands
The authentic Biedermeier furniture on 1stDibs is representative of the first modern European decorative style not dictated by the tastes of the aristocracy. Following the Napoleonic wars, a growing, wealthy urban middle class in the German-speaking states of Central Europe began to demand rights and privileges once granted only to nobles. To avoid trouble, the upwardly striving confined their political discussions to one another’s homes. And so the salon was born.
Cabinetmakers in cities such as Vienna, Berlin and Mainz began to offer goods that reflected the tastes and needs of the new class. The makers of Biedermeier chairs, tables and other furniture used little or no gilding, silver hardware or other lavish ornament. Ebonized trims are common on Biedermeier cabinetry, and neoclassical elements — lyre-shaped chair splats, carved scrollwork, table supports shaped like Greek columns. But the strongest aesthetic statement came from the wood — richly-grained, honey-colored, often book-matched veneers of walnut and fruitwood.
There are two iconic Biedermeier furniture forms, both made to outfit rooms designed for conversation. One is the sofa, deeply upholstered with a strong, architectural wooden frame. The second is the circular pedestal table, which stood at the center of the room, offering a surface on which to place coffee and cake services; or to roll out a map, or sketch out ideas on paper.
“Biedermeier” was originally a derogatory term — it derives from the pen names of two German magazine writers who mocked bourgeois manners. Looking at the elegant and refined antique, new and vintage Biedermeier furniture offered on 1stDibs, that is now an amusing irony.
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Walnut
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Birch
Early 20th Century French Biedermeier Night Stands
Walnut
Early 20th Century American Biedermeier Night Stands
Crystal
Early 20th Century French Biedermeier Night Stands
Wood
Early 20th Century Spanish Biedermeier Night Stands
Walnut
Early 20th Century European Biedermeier Night Stands
Marble
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Brass
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Cherry, Softwood
Late 18th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Metal
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Wood
1820s French Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Marble, Brass
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Walnut
Early 20th Century Italian Biedermeier Night Stands
Maple
1810s German Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Cherry
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Metal, Brass
1810s German Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Walnut
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Wood, Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Brass
1970s Vintage Biedermeier Night Stands
Wood
20th Century Biedermeier Night Stands
Wood, Maple
Late 19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Biedermeier Night Stands
Marble, Brass
1910s European Vintage Biedermeier Night Stands
Stone
2010s Swedish Biedermeier Night Stands
Birch, Oak
20th Century British Biedermeier Night Stands
Walnut
2010s American Biedermeier Night Stands
Wood, Oak
1970s Philippine Vintage Biedermeier Night Stands
Rattan
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Walnut
1910s French Vintage Biedermeier Night Stands
Wood
2010s Italian Biedermeier Night Stands
Wood
Late 20th Century American Biedermeier Night Stands
Satinwood
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Brass
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Brass
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Brass
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Wood, Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Biedermeier Night Stands
Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Night Stands
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Marble
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Iron
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Bone, Ash, Birch, Pine
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Night Stands
Walnut