Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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.
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birdseye Maple, Ebony
2010s Spanish Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Walnut, Pine
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut, Spruce
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Walnut, Pine
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Pine
1840s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
1990s American Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birdseye Maple, Ebony
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Satinwood
1830s Czech Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Satinwood
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal, Brass
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry
Late 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Mirror, Walnut
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Ormolu
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Maple
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birdseye Maple, Spruce
Early 19th Century Baltic Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Ormolu
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Mid-19th Century Czech Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
1830s Czech Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Softwood, Walnut
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut, Spruce
19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Mahogany
Late 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass, Gold Leaf
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal, Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal, Brass
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century English Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Mahogany, Oak
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Spruce, Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut, Softwood
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Ash
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Maple
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Maple
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
2010s Spanish Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Pine
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut, Spruce
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Magnets
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Nutwood, Spruce
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Leather, Birch, Cherry
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal