Biedermeier Crystal
Early 20th Century Czech Biedermeier Crystal Serveware
Crystal
Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Crystal Serveware
Crystal
Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Crystal Serveware
Crystal
Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Crystal Serveware
Crystal
20th Century Czech Biedermeier Pitchers
Crystal
Antique 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Early 20th Century Czech Biedermeier Bottles
Crystal
Mid-20th Century European Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Antique Early 1900s French Biedermeier Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Czech Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Antique 19th Century French Biedermeier Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
20th Century German Biedermeier Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
20th Century Biedermeier Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
Late 20th Century German Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal
Late 20th Century Italian Other Serving Bowls
Crystal
Antique 19th Century Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Glass
Crystal
Late 20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Paintings
Crystal
Recent Sales
Early 20th Century American Biedermeier Night Stands
Crystal
2010s European Biedermeier Tableware
Crystal
2010s European Biedermeier Tableware
Crystal
2010s European Biedermeier Tableware
Crystal
2010s European Biedermeier Tableware
Crystal
2010s European Biedermeier Tableware
Crystal
2010s European Biedermeier Tableware
Crystal
2010s European Biedermeier Tableware
Crystal
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
2010s European Biedermeier Tableware
Crystal
Antique Mid-19th Century European Biedermeier Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
20th Century German Biedermeier Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century German Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Antique Late 19th Century German Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Antique Mid-19th Century German Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Antique 1880s German Biedermeier Bottles
Crystal, Silver
Antique 1880s German Biedermeier Glass
Crystal
Antique 1880s German Biedermeier Glass
Crystal
Vintage 1950s German Biedermeier Glass
Crystal
Antique 1880s German Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Vintage 1910s German Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Vintage 1950s German Empire Glass
Crystal
Antique 1880s German Biedermeier Glass
Crystal
Antique 1880s German Biedermeier Glass
Crystal
Antique 1870s German Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Antique 1880s German Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Antique 1870s German Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Antique 1880s German Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Early 20th Century Czech Biedermeier Crystal Serveware
Crystal
Late 20th Century Empire Books
Paper
Mid-20th Century Czech Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Antique 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
Antique 19th Century Biedermeier Glass
Glass
Mid-20th Century Czech Biedermeier Glass
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Czech Biedermeier Vases
Crystal
20th Century Biedermeier Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
20th Century Biedermeier Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
20th Century Biedermeier Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 19th Century Dutch Biedermeier Decorative Bowls
Crystal
Antique 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Barware
Glass
Antique 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal
2010s European Biedermeier Tableware
Crystal
20th Century German Biedermeier Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
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Vintage 1960s German Louis XV Vases
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Biedermeier Crystal For Sale on 1stDibs
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A Close Look at Biedermeier Furniture
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.













