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
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Fruitwood
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Ash
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Mahogany, Walnut
Mid-19th Century Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Bronze
1810s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Fir
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut, Spruce, Oak
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Walnut
1850s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass, Iron
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut, Softwood
Early 19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass, Other
Early 19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Bronze
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Iron
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Mahogany, Pine
Mid-19th Century Czech Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
1840s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Maple
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Mid-19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Maple, Walnut
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Iron, Brass
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut, Spruce
19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal, Brass
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
1840s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Mirror, Elm
Late 19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Oak
1940s Swedish Vintage Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Wood
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Mirror, Maple, Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Leather, Birch, Cherry
Mid-19th Century Czech Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal, Brass
1830s Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch, Paint
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Elm
19th Century Italian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Fruitwood, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birdseye Maple, Spruce
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
1870s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Spruce, Cherry
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Fruitwood, Walnut, Wood
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal, Brass





