Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Biedermeier Style
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.
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Style: Biedermeier
Pair Of Antique Wien Vienna Silver Candle Holders, by Leopold Kuhn, dated 1827
Located in Vienna, AT
Two elegant, simple early Biedermeier silver candle holders on a round stand with a slightly curved, smooth shaft, chased decoration on the edge of the foot, on the narrow bulge rings and on the upper edge of the slightly flared vase-shaped spout.
Branded by the Wheel mark, Viennese official hallmark: 13 Lot silver, dated 1827
Master's stamp: 'LK' in oval - Leopold Kuhn, Worked as master 1818-1828
Bibliography: 'Old Vienna' dictionary for Austrian and southern German arts and crafts...
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1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Pair of Continental 19th Century Majolica Figures
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of Continental (19th Century) Majolica putti figures, each supported by a yellow stump and green glazed pedestal base. One curly haired figure is holding a chaff of wheat (Fall...
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19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Restored Biedermeier Jewelry Box, Ash, Maple, Spruce, Walnut, Czech, 1820s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This elegant Biedermeier jewelry box/humidor comes from Czechoslovakia from the early 19th century. It is made of spruce and ash, inlaid with walnut and maple. The jewelry box impres...
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1820s Czech Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Ash, Maple, Walnut, Spruce
Large Italian Biedermeier arched frame, 1830s
Located in London, GB
An imposing arched frame in the Biedermeier style that flourished in central Europe in the first half of the 19th century. Its restrained ornamentation is typical of the movement, wh...
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1830s Italian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Biedermeier Beadwork, Pens Casket, Case, Box
Located in Hamburg, DE
Beautifully crafted Biedermeier pencil box from Germany mid - late 19th century. The casket is leather wrapped, embossed and has a push button closure. From the inside the box is lac...
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1870s German Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather, Beads
$238 Sale Price
40% Off
A Miniature Two Train Vienna Regulator
Located in Amersham, GB
A rare wedge shaped laterndluhr Vienna regulator with a two train weight driven movement of exceptional quality. The eight day movement strikes the ho...
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1830s Hungarian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Steel
Austrian Antique Religious Wood Sculpture Praying Angel
Located in Boca Raton, FL
19 th c Austrian Antique handcarved wood religious sculpture of a praying angel, kneeling on. One knee on a wood base. Remnants of silver paint. Split of wood in the middle due to wo...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Cubic Biedermeier Box, Mahogany and Maple, Austria, circa 1840
By Biedermeier
Located in Regensburg, DE
Cubic Biedermeier box, mahogany and maple, Austria circa 1840
Rare cubic shaped decorative box form the Biedermeier period.
Mahogany veneered with maple inlays. Oak base. Restored a...
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1840s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany, Maple, Oak
Vienna Imperial Porcelain Coffee Service, 8 People, Prussian Blue & Gold, 1825
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant 19-piece coffee service consisting of a coffee pot, a large milk or hot water pot, a large sugar urn and eight coffee cups with saucers.
Large bulbous vessels on stepped stan...
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1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Figurine 'Estrella', Russian Ballet 'Carnival', by Paul Scheurich, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Finest Meissen Porcelain Figurine:
Dancer balancing on her toes, turning her head to the right and bringing her right hand indecisively to her chin, while with her left hand she
per...
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Mid-20th Century German Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Of Antique Vienna 3-Flame Biedermeier Silver Candle Holders, dated 1857
Located in Vienna, AT
Two festive Biedermeier silver candleholders on a four-pass, cambered stand with curved rim, chased and chiselled rose decoration between raised folds on the foot and baluster-shaped...
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1850s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Antique Rare Paperweight Glass Ball with Picture
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique rare paperweight glass ball with picture, alpaca base, good original condition, around 1880.
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1880s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Alpaca, Glass
Gothic Revival Bronze Cathedral Mantel Clock, 19th Century
By Charles Delaunay
Located in Lisbon, PT
This striking Gothic Revival mantel clock is a fine example of early 19th-century French decorative arts, attributed to Charles Delaunay (Delaunay Chauvau).
Crafted in dark patinat...
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19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Enamel
Period Austrian Biedermeier Vanity Table Mirror
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very handsome and unusual table top dressing mirror likely made in Austria in the early to mid 19thC. The shield shaped mirror has a gilded...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$2,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Elegant Austrian Antique Silver Menorah 27” 19 th c
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Rare unique Austrian antique silver menorah, engraved. 27” high, on a tripod base. Comprised of two parts with and eagle figure on top. Each two...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
$20,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Silver Old Viennese Biedermeier Candlesticks 13 Lot, around 1851
Located in Vienna, AT
Two festive Biedermeier silver candlesticks on a four-pass, cambered stand with a curved and pointed rim, rose decoration in relief and chased between narrow folds on the foot and ba...
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1850s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
English Grandfather Clock antique 19th Century with a Mahogany veneer Case
Located in Berlin, DE
English floor clock from the 19th century, mahogany with defects, hand painted dial with Roman numerals and polychrome painting with vedute painting. The ...
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19th Century English Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany
Very Fine Biedermeier Period Tea Caddy of Bombe Form in Exotic Woods, circa 1830
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine and visually striking Biedermeier Period tea caddy of exceptional quality, demonstrating a highly elevated form and a most complex application of exotic woods. The hinged...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Zebra Wood, Yew, Amboyna, Satinwood
Pair of Pretty Austrian Biedermeier Classical Silver Candlesticks, 1863
Located in New York, NY
Pair of pretty Austrian Biedermeier Classical silver candlesticks, 1863. Each: Tapering socket with turned-down rim and overhanging base mounted to knopped baluster shaft on domed an...
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1860s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Tea Chest, Germany First Half of the 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Lidded chest with a curved lid and a concave belly, standing on brass ball feet. The escutcheon is inlayed in bone. Mahogany veneered.
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$1,731 Sale Price
20% Off
Parian Porcelain Wagner Bust
Located in Queens, NY
Parian biscuit porcelain bust of Wagner wearing hat
Category
20th Century European Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Early and Rare Royal Copenhagen Writing Set with Two Inkwells, circa 1850s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Early and rare Royal Copenhagen writing set with two inkwells.
hand-painted with flowers.
Stamped, circa 1850s.
1st. factory quality, in good condition, one lid with small c...
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1850s Danish Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
$288 Sale Price / set
20% Off
German Plaster Bach Bust
Located in Queens, NY
German white painted plaster bust of Bach
Category
20th Century German Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
$1,200
Antique Bohemian Overlay Enamelled Glass Sugar Bowl, Bonbonniere, Candy Box
Located in Rostock, MV
An exceptional museum quality sugar bowl with cover and saucer in ruby red overlay glass with enamel and gilding decoration
ruby cased cut clear-galss, richly cut and hand-painted a...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
R & Y Augousti Style Jewelry Decorative Box Tobacco Leaves Hardwood Bronze Ibex
Located in Miami, FL
Lovely R & Y Augousti attributed Jewelry, Watch or decorative Box in Tobacco Leaves over Hardwood with black Velvet inlay.
In Clover shape with Bronze Ibex Knob in the Biedermeier Pe...
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Late 20th Century French Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$1,680 Sale Price
30% Off
Rosenthal and Wien. Early lidded porcelain vase with two handles. Classic form.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rosenthal and Wien. Early lidded porcelain vase with two handles.
Classic form. Hand-painted at the porcelain factory in Wien.
Gold decoration. Burgundy-colored.
Early 1900s.
Marked....
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Early 20th Century German Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$448 Sale Price
20% Off
Biedermeier Box, Ash Veneer, South Germany, circa 1830
Located in Regensburg, DE
Biedermeier Box, Ash Veneer, South Germany circa 1830
Ash veneered on softwood.
Original brass handle and pressed brass fitting
Restored and shellac hand-polished
Dimensions: H 12....
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1830s Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ash
Continental Bronze Bust of a Mustachioed Dignitary / Military Officer
Located in Queens, NY
Continental German (19/20th Century) bronze bust depicting a dignitary / military officer with prominent mustache, wearing several medals, mounted on a beveled black marble rectangul...
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Mid-20th Century German Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Continental German Terra-Cotta Mash
Located in Queens, NY
Continental German (late 19th Cent) sculpted terra-cotta master mask mold of a laughing Grotesque face with a furrowed brow displayed on a square black marble base stand (part of 39 ...
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Antique German Biedermeier Footed Silver Sugar Chest or Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique German sugar box is composed of .875 silver and dates to circa 1850 in the Biedermeier style. The box sits on ornately crafted feet and features clam shell relief decora...
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Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Pair of Traditional Old Country Friday Night Shabbos Candlesticks
By Elgin Silversmith Co. 1
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Old Country sterling silver candlesticks. Made by Elgin Silversmith Co., Inc. in New York, ca 1950. Each: Bellied socket on baluster shaft; domed foot with three embossed scr...
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Mid-20th Century American Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Small Jewelry Box, Probably, Vienna, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
White lidded box standing on small spherical feet with trapezoidal body and lid with a groove. The fittings are silver plated. Key available. Interior veneered in cherry.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$2,407 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait Bust of a Lady, Dated 1837
Located in Greding, DE
Portrait bust of a lady of the Biedermeier period. The bust was most probably modelled in plaster using the impression of the death mask. Signed on the ...
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1830s Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
Small Money Box "Magdalena" in the Style of Stobwasser Braunschweig
Located in Hamburg, DE
Small money box " Magadalena" in the style of Stobwasser Braunschweig. The piggy bank is made of painted tin and is reminiscent of the tin boxes finely painted by Stobwasser Braunschweig. The painting of the money tin...
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1840s German Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Tin
$227 Sale Price
34% Off
Paperweight, Probably Vienna, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Rectangular white lacquered paperweight with silver-plated fittings and handle and polychrome city view on cardboard, framed behind glass.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Paper
$1,540 Sale Price
20% Off
Restored Biedermeier Jewelry Box, Spruce, Plum-Tree, Germany, 1830s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This exquisite Biedermeier jewelry box is a fine example of master craftsmanship from the first half of the 19th century in Germany. Its design resembles a miniature version of a lar...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Lacquer, Wood, Spruce
Silver 812.5 Biedermeier Lidded Casserole Wooden Stick Radelpunze Vienna 1827
Located in Vienna, AT
Silver 812.5 (= Silver 13 Lot) Biedermeier lidded casserole with wooden stick
Vienna / Austria, made 1827
Austrian finest silver item of best manufacturing quality !
Specifications:
The casserole is...
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1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Urn With Dried Flower Pineapple Arrangement
Located in Queens, NY
Outdoor small iron urn with potted dry flowers in the form of a yellow pineapple
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20th Century European Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
3 Antique Silver Money Boxes, Piggy Banks, Austria-Hungary & Germany, 19th Cent.
Located in Vienna, AT
Three silver money boxes, two in tankard form with padlocks, one in cuboid form with built-in lock, hinged lids.
Dating: 19th Century
Material: Silver 13 Lot ('812....
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Biedermeier Period Wood and Gilt Clock
Located in Montreal, QC
Austrian Biedermeier period gilt and polychromed wood clock. Chiseled gold Swiss movement, signed: P.Francois a' Nion.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
$1,850 Sale Price
61% Off
Golden 750 Biedermeier Box Painting Portrait of Little Girl Vienna Made 1828
Located in Vienna, AT
Golden biedermeier round box with lovely portrait of a little girl.
Vienna / Austria, made 1828
Finest golden item of best manufacturing quality!
Specifications:
The lid of round golden box...
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1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Biedermeier decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Biedermeier decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Biedermeier decorative objects made in a specific country, there are Europe, Germany, and Austria pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Viennese Manufactory, Biedermeier, Meissen Porcelain, and Paul Scheurich. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $207 and tops out at $22,500 while the average work can sell for $1,402.