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Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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
20th Century Biedermeier Style Tulip Columns Commode
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century Biedermeier style tulip columns commode veneer tulip on solid pinewood. (D-Sam-44).   
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20th Century Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Wood, Pine

19th Century Beautiful Early Biedermeier Showcase, circa 1830
Located in Berlin, DE
Impressive early Biedermeier showcase Germany, Kassel, circa 1825-1835. Rectangular body flanked by two columns. (O-240).
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Mahogany

Antique Biedermeier Secretary in Cuban Mahogany, Copenhagen, circa 1820
Located in Miami, FL
An exquisite Biedermeier secretary in very fine Cuban/ West Indies mahogany with all of the original appointments which include the hardware, pulls and keys. The cabinet's joinery, a...
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Early 19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Mahogany

Architectural Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Cabinet
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very rare and elegant Biedermeier cabinet of architectural form. Very simple in design with a fantastic and warm burr-ash veneer, accentuated with ebonized thread inlay, discs and ...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Ash, Fruitwood

20th Century Biedermeier Style Étagère Shelves
Located in Berlin, DE
Bird’s eye maple root veneer on solid pinewood. Architecturally structured front with two shelf boards and edging gallery in balustrade form. Flanked by full columns from solid beech...
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20th Century Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Birdseye Maple, Wood, Beech, Pine

Early 19th Century Biedermeier Cherry One-Door Half Cabinet
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful small early Biedermeier one-door half cabinet with one drawer and one door. In very good hand polished restored condition.
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Cherry, Spruce

19th Century Biedermeier Style Three-Sided Glazed Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
Exquisite Biedermeier three-sided glazed vitrine, circa 1830. High-quality Cuba mahogany on solid softwood. An obliging frame box on round feet. Architecturally arranged front with ...
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Mahogany, Softwood, Wood

Unusual Early 19th Century Biedermeier Library Desk, German or Austrian
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very attractive early 19th century library desk, veneered an precious satinwood, with ebonised banding, the freeze with three drawers to th...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Fruitwood, Satinwood

Classic Corner Display Case Vitrine in antique Biedermeier Style Mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Palisander mirror veneer on solid conifers. The cambered, one-door, three-quarter glass corpus flanked by blackened columns with carved capitals and bases embellished on saddle-shape...
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Mahogany

Antique Biedermeier Shelf Cabinet-Wardrobe, 1830s, Austria-Hungary
Located in Prague 8, CZ
A shelf cabinet/ storage cabinet from the Biedermeier period, made in the 1830s and featuring a walnut veneer and decorative motifs typical for this period. This cabinet was professi...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Wood, Walnut

Biedermeier Armoire or Wardrobe, South Germany, 1820, Walnut and Cherry Veneer
Located in Belmont, MA
Beautiful original Biedermeier Armoire, South Germany 1820. This classic Biedermeier piece with two doors is embellished with a beautiful walnut and cherry veneer and accentuated wi...
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1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Cherry, Walnut

Biedermeier Vitrine, Austria 1820, Elm Veneer
Located in Belmont, MA
Biedermeier Vitrine, Austria, 1820. The elegant Biedermeier glass cabinet is glassed to all sides. It is embellished with elm veneer. Four he...
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1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Elm

Antique Biedermeier Corner Cabinet
Located in Chorzów, PL
Elegant corner chest of drawers from the end of the 19th century in very good condition after professional renovation. Origin: Western Europe, Wood: Mahogany, Year: circa 18...
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1880s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Mahogany

Mahogany Three-Drawer Biedermeier Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
This mahogany three-drawer Biedermeier chest has the original key to work all three drawers. The top is book matched mahogany and is cross banded with mahogany framed and edged with ...
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1850s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

Biedermeier Sideboard or Liquor Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Biedermeier sideboard, credenza or liquor cabinet with plenty of storage space. Has many compartments for bottles. Lovely carvings and handcut dovetails to the front and back of the ...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Satin, Birch, Maple

19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Small Secretaire
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful little Secretaire from the time of the late Biedermeier, circa 1840. The Secretaire is covered outside with walnut and root walnut veneer on a pine body. The inner part is...
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Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Birch, Pine, Walnut

Empire or Biedermeier Secretary Mahogany, 1815
Located in Berlin, DE
Very well preserved conical secretary with stepped head Front with multiply mirrored pyramid mahogany entire surface with original shellac hand polish high-quality cabinet part with thread intarsia and leg buttons very elaborate workmanship and rare furniture...
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Mahogany

Free Standing Biedermeier Book Shelf
Located in New York, NY
A fine free standing Biedermeier shelf. Cherrywood with carved details.   
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1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Cherry

German Birchroot Biedermeier Abbatant With Architectural Pediment
Located in Charleston, SC
This monumental Berlin Biedermeier Secretaire is one of the finest examples with its Classical Architecture of Doric Pediments, Columns, and Dental Moldings. The main structure of the Secretaire has a majestic architectural superstructural cabinet resting on top, representing a temple. The Biedermeier Abbatant is veneered in Birchroot with a fall front writing desk...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Birch, Burl

Austrian 1870s Biedermeier Style Four-Drawer Chest with Bookmarked Birch Veneer
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Austrian Biedermeier style four-drawer commode from the late 19th century, with birch veneer and shield-shaped escutcheons. Born in Imperial Austria...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Birch

19th Century Biedermeier Nutwood Commode/ Trumeau Chest, Austria, circa 1845
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Remarkable Biedermeier Nutwood commode/ trumeau or sideboard artfully handcrafted in Austria, circa 1845. The great compact shaped body shows a fantasic walnut veneer with an outstan...
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1840s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

19th Century One-Door Biedermeier Cherry Cabinet / Wardrobe
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Very nice beautiful cabinet with straight lines. The cabinet dates from the Biedermeier period and was made of cherrywood, partly solid and partly veneered on spruce wood around 1830...
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Cherry, Spruce

20th Century French Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, Spain circa 1900. The outside with fall front and one high drawer and one low door with compartment, beautiful marquetry oakwood . The wood inside opens to a c...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Oak

19th Century Biedermeier Solid Cherrywood Chest Of Drawer
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Very beautiful Biedermeier chest of drawers with three drawers. The commode is made of solid cherrywood and dates circa 1825 from Austria. The inside of the drawers is made of spruce...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

Early 19th Century One-Door Biedermeier Flamed Birch Armoire / Cabinet
Located in Darmstadt, DE
An impressive cabinet from the early Biedermeier period circa 1810, the cabinet was built with a spruce body covered with flamed birch veneer. The flamed birch, the protruding door i...
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Spruce, Birch

19th Century Biedermeier Cabinet Ashwood "Pretzel" Design, Austria, circa 1845
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Remarkable, rare Austrian Biedermeier ashwood cabinet, elaborately handcrafted in the period around 1840. The solid spruce body shows an amazing looking very thick veneered ashwood s...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Spruce, Ash

Biedermeier Armoire, Walnut Veneer, Gold-Plate, South Germany, circa 1815
Located in Regensburg, DE
Very elegant, strict and original neoclassical early Biedermeier Armoire from South Germany, circa 1815-1820. Wonderful book-matched walnut veneer on softwood, hand-polished with shellac (French polish). Two doors and one-drawer above. The veneer is very beautifully running thought the whole front and bottom part. Ebonized half-columns with newly gold-plated Corinthian capitals and bases. Horn inlays around the key holes. Elegant conical square tapered ebonized legs. Original iron lock and old key...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Gold Plate, Iron

Austrian Biedermeier Period Walnut Buffet with Geometric Pyramidal Marquetry
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Austrian Biedermeier period walnut buffet from the mid-19th century, with marquetry motifs and tapered feet. Created in Imperial Austria during the...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Walnut

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.
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Early 19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

Antique Biedermeier Showcase / Bookcase, circa 1825
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Biedermeier showcase / bookcase, circa 1825. Mahogany veneer on a solid oak body. Rectangular two-door corpus on block feet with partly framed gl...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Mahogany

Biedermeier Armoire, Cherry Wood, Brass, South Germany, circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Early Biedermeier armoire from South Germany, circa 1820. Blonde cherry solid wood with box fillings, wonderful shellac hand-polish finish. Ebonized...
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1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

20th Century Vienna Biedermeier Style Secretaire after Johann Härle
Located in Berlin, DE
The highest artist work. Aristocratic secretaire of Vienna Biedermeier after Johann Härle, 1813. Highly valuable bird’s-eye maple root veneer on solid pinewood, partially ebonized, ...
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20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Birdseye Maple

Large Biedermeier Armoire, Cherry Veneer, Rhineland, Germany, circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Large, original Biedermeier Armoire in cherry veneer, from Rhineland, Germany circa 1820. Wonderful, bright cherry veneer, hand-polished with shellac (French Polish). Beautiful big...
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1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Metal

Elegant Commode with Mirror antique Biedermeier Style with Inlays Mahogany
Located in Berlin, DE
Mirror-veneered Mahogany, partially ebonized. On saber-shaped feet, straight trianus body stylized arrows inlaid with flower tendrils and a large flower in the middle of framed half-...
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Mahogany

19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Pillar Etagere
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Very nice little pillar etagere from the time of Biedermeier, circa 1820. The etagere is walnut veneered on pine wood. The columns are made of solid walnut. There is a drawer in the ...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Walnut

Birch Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
Constructed of solid birch and fir and veneered with hand-cut Nordic birch veneers, the secretary features an upper locking drawer which rests upon a fitted desk area hiding behind a...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Birch, Fir

Mid-19th Century Napoleon III French Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
Extravagant French Vitrine mid-19th century. Solid oak and softwood. Rich decorated with ornamental carvings. High-right three-sided glazed body on volute-shaped legs. In the front ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Marble

Mid-19th Century Italian Biedermeier Cabinet, Carrara Marble Top Wax Finished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid 19th Century Italian Biedermeier cabinet sideboard in solid wood walnut folder , white Carrara marble top , restored and wax finished Measure cm: H 80 W 110 D 53 This Bied...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

Pair of Biedermeier Walnut and Ebonized Vitrine Cabinets
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful pair of 19th century Biedermeier walnut and ebonized vitrine or bookcase cabinets.
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Mid-17th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Walnut

19th Century Biedermeier Armoire, walnut
Located in Belmont, MA
Classic example of an original Biedermeier armoire dating back to the early phase of the Biedermeier style around 1820. The wardrobe stands out for its beautiful walnut veneer on sid...
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1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Walnut

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...
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Ash

19th Century Original antique Biedermeier Chest of Drawers Cherry Wood
Located in Berlin, DE
Cherry. High-rectangular, one-body on four feet. Overhead cover plate, including drawer. Originates from a Berlin estate. Excellent warm patina aged over decades. Age-related use t...
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19th Century Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Cherry

Beautiful 19th Century Period Biedermeier Satinwood Birch and Ebonized Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine 19th century period Biedermeier commode. Ebonized trim with satinwood birch and exotic inlays. Original bronze pulls and escutcheons.
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Satinwood

19th Century Biedermeier Sweden Secretaire, 1870s
Located in Roma, RM
Small Secretaire Biedermeier, Scandinavian origin, of excellent workmanship and in good conservative condition. In elm wood, circa 1870. A few minor d...
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1870s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Elm

Biedermeier Fall Top Desk, South German, 1820
Located in Belmont, MA
Classic Biedermeier fall top desk, South German, 1820, walnut veneer on the outside and mahogany veneer on the inside. It has a beautiful veneer grain. T...
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1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Mahogany, Walnut

Museum Biedermeier Secretary Signed by Adolph Friedrich Voigt, circa 1825
Located in Berlin, DE
Museum Biedermeier secretary signed by Adolph Friedrich Voigt, circa 1825 Fire-gilt fittings. High quality Cuba mahogany on solid linden wood. Architecturally structured front. Rect...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Wood, Mahogany

20th Century Vienna Biedermeier Vitrine after Josef Danhauser
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant Vienna Biedermeier vitrine after Josef Danhauser, 1805-1845. Bird‘s-eye maple root veneer on solid pinewood architectural structured front, engraved with Neo Gothic elements....
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20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Birdseye Maple, Mirror, Wood, Pine

19th Century Biedermeier Cherrywood Chest of Drawer
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Very beautiful Biedermeier chest of drawers with three drawers. The commode is made of solid and veneer cherrywood and dates circa 1840 from Austria. The inside of the drawers is mad...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

19th Century Fancy Biedermeier Corner Cupboard, Showcase, Birch
Located in Berlin, DE
19th century Fancy Biedermeier corner cupboard, showcase, birch Softwood birch solid, partially veneered and ebonized. Fancy shape. Showcase with rung glazing. Closed base cabinet...
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Birch

Viennese Biedermeier Étagère / Round Collection Display Table
Located in Charleston, SC
This elegant Viennese étagère is made of cherry-veneer with ebony feet and cock-bead around the edge of each of the four shelves. The graceful lines of this étagère are similar to a ...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Cherry, Ebony

Large 19th Century Biedermeier Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century large scaled and sleek Continental Biedermeier commode with a burl bookplate rosewood veneer on three sides. The case has a rectangular one board top and holds four deep...
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19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Rosewood

Diminutive Classical Chest of Drawers
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine Austrian or Northern European classical chest of drawers having restrained architectural lines, the top with stepped molded edge over three drawers each having stepped pane...
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Early 19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Mahogany

Early 19th Century Solid Cherry Biedermeier Corner Cabinet
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Very nice corner cabinet from the time of the Biedermeier made of solid cherry from south Germany. Upper and lower part with two doors, in the lower part two more drawers. Wonderful country house...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Cherry

19th Century Biedermeier Vitrine, Three Sides Glass
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Very nice showcase with 3 sides glass. The showcase is from the time of the Biedermeier from Germany, Berlin. The showcase is made of pine wood covered with nutwood veneer. The shelv...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Birch, Pine, Nutwood

Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
A strong, elegant piece to keep you perfectly organized! Crafted of hand-hewn fir and ash and veneered with thick hand-cut ash veneers, this chest offers storage for everything. A lo...
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1850s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Ash

Biedermeier Wardrobe, Baltic States, 1810-1820
Located in Belmont, MA
Biedermeier Wardrobe, Baltic States 1810-1820, Bird’s-eye maple veneer, filament inserts on the doors and the pilaster strips. Inside one drawer and a coat rack. Two shelves have bee...
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1810s Baltic Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Birdseye Maple

19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Flame Mahogany Neoclassical Style Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
Exceptional 19th century Austrian Biedermeier flame mahogany neoclassical style bookcase. The cabinet has 3 adjustable shelves for books an...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Glass, Mahogany

Biedermeier Mahogany Corner Cabinet, circa 1870, after Renovation
Located in Opole, PL
We present you a piece of furniture made of softwood veneered with mahogany. The whole is circa 1870. This cabinet is to be placed in the corner. It is single-leaf; with rounded corn...
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1870s Scandinavian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Mahogany

Biedermeier case pieces and storage cabinets for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Biedermeier case pieces and storage cabinets 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 case pieces and storage cabinets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Biedermeier case pieces and storage cabinets 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 case pieces and storage cabinets, popular names associated with this style include Biedermeier, Art Decor, Baker Furniture Company, and Europa Antiques. 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 case pieces and storage cabinets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,087 and tops out at $98,800 while the average work can sell for $6,166.

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