Biedermeier Tables
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.
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Wood, Walnut
1830s European Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Maple, Oak
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
20th Century German Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Biedermeier Tables
Wood
Early 1800s Czech Antique Biedermeier Tables
Spruce, Wood, Lacquer
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Maple, Walnut
1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Elm, Walnut
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
20th Century Biedermeier Tables
Wood, Beech, Maple
20th Century Biedermeier Tables
Wood
20th Century Biedermeier Tables
Wood, Ash, Pine
19th Century Antique Biedermeier Tables
Wood, Beech, Mahogany
20th Century Biedermeier Tables
Wood
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Wood, Mahogany
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Wood, Cherry, Softwood
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Baltic Antique Biedermeier Tables
Ash, Fruitwood
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Bronze
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Giltwood, Walnut
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
20th Century American Biedermeier Tables
Marble
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Marble
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Tables
Ebony, Maple
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Leather, Birch
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Biedermeier Tables
Nutwood
20th Century Biedermeier Tables
Wood, Maple, Pine
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Elm
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Ash
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry, Ebony, Giltwood
1980s American Vintage Biedermeier Tables
Olive
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century Spanish Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany, Softwood
1890s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany
20th Century German Biedermeier Tables
Maple, Beech
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Bronze
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany, Pine
20th Century German Biedermeier Tables
Wood, Maple
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Tables
Wood
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Bronze
19th Century Russian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Fruitwood, Birch
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Iron
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Marble, Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Fabric, Mahogany