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.
$1,613Sale Price|30% Off
French Empire Biedermeier Oak Double Dresser Commode Console Chest Hidden Drawer
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage French Empire / Biedermeier style chest of drawers / dresser / commode. Made of matchboxes oak featuring a cello front and faux marble top over six dovetailed drawers with b...
Oak
Italian Bombay Thick Olive Burl Wood Veneers Two Drawers Console Commode Chest
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Bombay Thick Olive Burl Wood Veneers Two Drawers Console Commode Chest MINT
Olive
Baker Furniture Biedermeier Style Burlwood Highboy Dresser
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Baker Furniture Biedermeier Style Burlwood Highboy Dresser This highboy measures: 38 wide x 19 deep x 49.5 inches high We take our photos...
Burl
Baker Furniture Biedermeier Style Burlwood Lowboy Dresser
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Baker Furniture Biedermeier Style Burlwood Lowboy Dresser This lowboy measures: 80 wide x 24 deep x 37 inches high We take our photos in ...
Burl
HICKORY WHITE BIEDERMEIER Dresser TV Stand GENESIS COLLECTION
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on "Read More" or "View More Details" below. Shipping Quote Information The shipping quote stated in the listing is from 1st Dibs and they normally s...
Wood, Satinwood
$6,045 / item
Biedermeier Style Dresser
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Biedermeier dresser, architectural detailing shines in the six-drawer long dresser fitted with brass handles and ivory-finish escutcheons. Beautiful stepped-caddy dresser top and b...
Wood
HICKORY WHITE BIEDERMEIER DRESSER from GENESIS COLLECTION
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Brass
Vintage Bleached Biedermeier Chest of Drawers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exceptional 19th-century Biedermeier-style chest of drawers captures the timeless elegance of European neoclassicism through a refreshingly modern, organic lens. Characterized b...
Pine
Vintage Bleached Biedermeier Chest of Drawers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This striking Biedermeier-style chest of drawers captures the timeless elegance of 19th-century European design through a modern, organic lens. Characterized by its clean, architectu...
Wood
$1,890Sale Price|51% Off
Small Danish Altona Mahogany Dresser
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small Altona Biedermeier mahogany dresser with 2 drawers. Brass fittings on the sides and bone keyhole fittings.
Brass
Refinished Biedermeier Four Drawer Satin Birch Chest, Dresser or Commode, 1850s
Located in Stamford, CT
Refinished Biedermeier Four Drawer Satin Birch Chest, Dresser or Commode, 1850s The whole of fine Satin Birch having been hand rubbed French polished to its original glory days. The...
Brass
$3,800Sale Price|24% Off
Biedermeier Commode, Denmark, 1820
Located in Belmont, MA
Biedermeier commode, Denmark 1820, Classic design with 4 drawers and beautiful mahogany veneer. In very good condition.
Mahogany
Biedermeier Chiffonier, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1830
Located in Regensburg, DE
Elegant, unadorned, neoclassical Biedermeier Chiffonier, Dresser, high chest or weekly cabinet from South Germany around 1830. Blonde Cherry veneered on softwood. Restored and hand-p...
Iron
$4,350Sale Price|25% Off
Biedermeier Chest of Drawers, 1840, Elm Wood
Located in Belmont, MA
This Biedermeier chest of drawers dates back to 1840 and is an example of a chest from the late phase of the Biedermeier style. It comes from Southern Germany. The curved profile of ...
Elm
Small Veneto chest of drawers in cherry wood
Located in Milano, IT
In the first half of the nineteenth century, Austria changed the taste in fashion and decor in Europe with the Biedermeier style, as did France with the Restoration style, referred t...
Fruitwood
$4,720Sale Price|20% Off
Biedermeier Dresser, 1830, Walnut
Located in Belmont, MA
This small Biedermeier dresser dates back to around 1830. The four drawer commode has a very pretty walnut veneer on top, sides and front. I...
Walnut
Baker Book Matched Bombay Style Heavy Brass Drop Pulls 3 Drawer Dresser Console
Located in Rockaway, NJ
MINT Baker Book Matched Bombay Style Heavy Brass Drop Pulls 3 Drawer Dresser Console MINT
Brass
Italian Banded Top Olive Burl Wood 4 Drawers Bombay Style Console Dresser MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Banded Top Olive Burl Wood 4 Drawers Bombay Style Console Dresser MINT
Olive
Viennese Flame Birch Veneer and Ebony Ormolu Dressing Table, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Viennese flame birch veneered dressing table with flanking bronze eagle capitals mounted on ebony columns supporting an adjustable oval veneered framed mirror, centered drawer with b...
Bronze, Ormolu
German Biedermeier Mahogany Chest
Located in Queens, NY
German Biedermeier (19th Century) mahogany chest of drawers with marble column sides.
Marble
Chest of Drawers Biedermeier from 1810
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Unique chest of drawers Biedermeier from 1810. Chest of drawers was produced at the turn of the Baroque and Biedermeier regions It has been cleaned to bare veneer, disinfected...
Cherry
$8,800Sale Price|26% Off
Very Good & Unique Biedermeier Period Inlaid Ash Commode, Germany Circa 1825
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome & capacious three drawer commode in highly grained ash, the top inlaid with rectilinear parquetry motifs in German walnut, surrounding a heart-shaped marquetry motif ...
Brass, Iron
19th Century antique Biedermeier Corner Cupboard in Ash Very High
Located in Berlin, DE
Large Biedermeier corner cupboard in ash. 2 large double doors behind each 2 shelves. As can be seen in the pictures there are old worm extinguishe...
Ash
Oak Parquetry Six Drawer Dresser
Located in Westwood, NJ
A light oak parquetry six-drawer dresser in dawn finish. This beautiful hand-carved oak dresser includes six drawers with mirrored herringbone starburst ...
Wood
Louis XV Provincial Style Painted Dresser
Located in Sheffield, MA
Louis XV Provincial style painted commode or chest of drawers with wonderful patina and details. Painted wood with trim detailed, decorative hardware.
Brass
Broyhill Premier Emphasis Collection Mid Century Dresser
By Broyhill
Located in New York, NY
Classic American made mid century dresser, by the noted furniture company Broyhill, as part of their premier Emphasis collection. This example features two banks of drawers, each hav...
Wood
$3,117
H 85.44 in W 41.34 in D 20.48 in
AMERICAN HICKORY WHITE GENESIS BIEDERMEIER SATIN WOOD ARMOIRE OR TV CABiNET
Located in Pulborough, GB
Antiques of London A refined American Hickory White “Genesis” armoire, inspired by the clean, elegant lines of Biedermeier design and finished in beautiful satinwood. This piece b...
Satinwood
Handsome Barbara Barry Collection For Baker Triple Dresser
Located in Bridgeport, CT
From the Barbara Barry Collection for Baker Furniture. This fine mahogany dresser is fitted with nine drawers with reeded fronts and Elliptical Silver drawer pulls resting on block f...
Metal
$3,295
H 35 in W 48 in D 22.25 in
Baker Furniture Style Federal Green Lacquered Mahogany Dresser Chest, Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Federal or Georgian style bow front four-drawer dresser or chest of drawers In the manner of Baker Furniture By Finch Fine Furniture ...
Brass
Midcentury Bassett Dresser from the "Mayan" Collection
Located in Dallas, TX
1960s Bassett Mid-Century Modern Mayan walnut long dresser. Features three drawers to left and right with a two-door cabinet to middle housing three more...
Wood
Hickory Chair Georgian Carved Mahogany Highboy Dresser
By Hickory Chair Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Georgian or Chippendale style nine-drawer highboy dresser or chest of drawers By Hickory Chair USA, Late 20th Century Solid carved mahogany, with original brass har...
Brass
$3,595
H 33 in W 43.75 in D 20.13 in
Baker Furniture Chippendale Mahogany Serpentine Dresser Chest, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Georgian or Chippendale style serpentine front dresser or chest of drawers By Baker Furniture, "Historic Charleston Collection" USA, Late 20th century Carved ...
Brass
Baker Furniture Georgian Mahogany Bow Front Dresser or Credenza
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Georgian or Chippendale style triple dresser or credenza By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1980s Carved mahogany, with original brass hardware. Measures: 71"W x 21.25"...
Brass
$3,595
H 32 in W 72 in D 18.75 in
Baker Furniture Chippendale Carved Mahogany Lowboy Dresser or Credenza
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Georgian or Chippendale style long dresser or credenza By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1980s Carved mahogany, with original brass hardware. Measures: 72" W x 18.75" ...
Brass
$2,995
H 67 in W 39.5 in D 19.75 in
Baker Furniture Georgian Carved Mahogany Eight-Drawer Highboy Dresser
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style eight-drawer highboy dresser or chest of drawers By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1980s Beautiful carved solid mahogany, with original brass ...
Brass
Biedermeier Commode in Polished Black Wood, Three Drawers, Circa 1840
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Commode Biedermeier en bois noirci et poli ouvrant à 3 tiroirs. Les tiroirs sont garnis d'entrées de clefs en écussons, les clefs font office de tirants. La commode est livrée avec u...
Brass
Biedermeier Honey Toned Maple Chest of Drawers
Located in Malibu, CA
Antique German Biedermeier three drawer chest of drawers constructed with birch veneers during the first half of the 19th century. Clean lines, utilitarian functionality with fine n...
Maple
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H 41 in W 42 in D 22 in
Early Antique Biedermeier Birds Eye Maple Burl Wood Cabinet Dresser With Drawers
Located in Saddle River, NJ
Rare Early Antique Biedermeier Birds Eye Maple Burl Wood Cabinet Dresser with Drawers. Add a touch of timeless elegance to your home with this exquisite Early Antique Biedermeier Bi...
Maple
Large Biedermeier Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Westport, CT
Biedermeier chest shown in a lovely dark walnut match book veneer on pine and comprised of three long drawers finishing on high straight tapered legs. Each drawer contains a working ...
Walnut
19th Century Bow Chest of made of Biedermeier flared birch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A uniquely small 19th Century bow chest of drawers made of iridescent Biedermeier flared birch. It has a main center bow door, with doors left and right topped with a drawer on both ...
Metal
Hickory White Dresser Biedermeier Genesis Collection
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A High-Quality American Made Hickory White 'Genesis' Collection Biedermeier Style Satinwood Triple Dresser with Inlaid Wood Design Trim, Brass Pulls and Dovetail Drawers We also have the matching Nightstands and King Headboard listed separately. To see them, scroll down and click on VIEW ALL...
Satinwood
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H 32.68 in W 32.68 in D 18.12 in
Biedermeier Dressing Table, Walnut Veneer, South Germany circa 1830
Located in Regensburg, DE
Elegant and fine neoclassical Biedermeier Dressing table or Pondreuse, from South Germany around 1830 Walnut veneered on softwood and walnut solid wood. Mirror can be raised in the m...
Brass
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H 45.5 in W 21 in D 31.5 in
Antique German Biedermeier Cherry Dresser Chest of Drawers Console 46"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German Biedermeier dresser / chest of drawers / console. Made of cherry featuring rectangular form with wavecrest design and two drawers supported by tapered legs. Circa mi...
Cherry
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H 41.5 in W 45 in D 21 in
Antique Biedermeier Style Inlay Drop Front Secretary Desk 3 Drawers Dresser NICE
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Antique Biedermeier Style Inlay Drop Front Secretary Desk 3 Drawers Dresser NICE. Beautiful inlay and consistent patina.
Walnut
Rare and Amazing Biedermeier Commode, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Rare and Amazing Biedermeier Commode 19th century In wood veneered with mahogany feather, polychrome, carved and gilded. On marble. With three drawers. It has slight marks from us...
Mahogany
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H 64 in W 52 in D 23.25 in
Baker Furniture Biedermeier Primavera Wood and Parcel Ebonized Armoire Dresser
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Biedermeier or Neoclassical style armoire or wardrobe dresser By Baker Furniture USA, circa 1980s Beautiful primavera wood, with ebonized columns, and original br...
Brass
Biedermeier Chest of Drawers, Germany 1820, Walnut
Located in Belmont, MA
This original Biedermeier chest of drawers dates back to 1820 and was made in Southern Germany. The four drawer commode has a gorgeous walnut veneer. The uppermost drawer is slightly...
Walnut