Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the biedermeier danhauser you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each biedermeier danhauser for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using
wood,
walnut and
hardwood. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect biedermeier danhauser — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each biedermeier danhauser bearing
Neoclassical hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made biedermeier danhauser over the years, but those crafted by
Josef Danhauser are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
Prices for a biedermeier danhauser can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $345 and can go as high as $91,316, while the average can fetch as much as $7,624.
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.