Biedermeier Furniture
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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Item Ships From: New York
Style: Biedermeier
Refinished Biedermeier Four Drawer Satin Birch Chest, Dresser or Commode, 1850s
Located in Manhasset, NY
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...
Category
1860s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
Biedermeier Walnut Centre Hall Table with Ebonized Pedestal
Located in Hudson, NY
Biedermeier walnut centre hall table with ebonized pedestal with tilt top.
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut, Wood
Swedish Biedermeier Style Black and Gold Star Bench
Located in Queens, NY
Swedish Biedermeier style (20th Century) black lacquered bench with side arms and black upholstered seat with gold star design.
Condition consistent with the age of piece
Category
20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Austrian Biedermeier Style Ebonized Center Table
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian (possibly Secessionist) (19/20th Century) ebonized oval center table with 4 fluted column legs and glass top and stretcher.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Glass
Fine Single Biedermeier Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
A fine single Biedermeier chest of drawers.
Stained wood with fruitwood inlay details and escutcheons.
Category
1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Austrian Biedermeier Walnut Davenport Table
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (19th Century) walnut davenport table with bronze trim on pedestal base sides connected with a stretcher.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Fine Biedermeier Console Table
Located in New York, NY
A fine Biedermeier console.
Cherrywood with mirrored back panel.
Category
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
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...
Category
1860s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Silver
Continental Landscape of Pastoral Mill Scene
Located in Queens, NY
Continental landscape oil painting of a pastoral mill scene in a carved gilt wood frame
Category
20th Century European Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Cherry Chest of Drawers
Located in Southampton, NY
Biedermeier Cherry Chest of Drawers
Beautiful cherry patina.
47.5” wide x 21.75” deep x 31.25” high
Condition:
In good overall condition with legs and hardware added later. Minor ...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
Portrait for Woman
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait painting titled "Madame Rimsky"
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paint
Biedermeier Side Table
Located in New York, NY
A three-legged pedestal supports is very steady and supports a generous table surface whose faces are adorned with prime bookmatched birch veneers.
Category
1850s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch
Biedermeier Birch Daybed in Green Mohair
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ultra Soft Green Mohair Biedermeier Birch Daybed/Bench with Lyre ends and two matching bolsters, reupholstered by us in Dedar Millano fabric.
Category
20th Century Hungarian Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mohair, Wood, Birch
Landscape "Road with Cypress and Star"
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an impressionist vertical landscape painting titled "Road with Cypress and Star"
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paint
German Biedermeier Slant-Front Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
A very good German slant front desk with a lower case of drawers. The writing surface very nicely finished veneers with interior drawers having inlay ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
Biedermeier King-Size Headboard witth Yellow Upholstery
Located in Queens, NY
Biedermeier style (19/20th Century) headboard (only) king size with slighly shaped arch walnut top frame over a gold cut velvet floral design upholstered panel with nail head trim
Category
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Outdoor Iron Greek Woman Statuary
Located in Queens, NY
Outdoor painted iron large classic Greek woman holding urn on shoulder (19/20th Cent) (Please note this piece has been outdoors and has since become brown and gray coloring)
Conditi...
Category
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Iron
Bavarian Biedermeier Walnut & Penwork Pair of Side Chairs, circa 1820
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An attractive pair of circa 1820 Bavarian Biedermeier side chairs of large scale having walnut frames, the curved crestrails with center penwork acanthus lozenges and shaped backspla...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Zabihi Collection Worn Persian Rustic Rug Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Pillow made from a 19th century distressed Persian rug in
Measures: 19" x 20".
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Foam
Worn Persian Rustic Rug Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Pillow made from a 19th century distressed Persian rug in
Measures: 19" x 20".
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Foam
Hunting of the Stag Wildlife Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a wildlife hunt scene painting titled "Hunting of the Stag" showing hounds running down a stag in a classical setting
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paint
Antique Empire/ Biedermeier Chest of Drawers in West Indies Mahogany, Denmark
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful Danish Empire or Biedermeier chest in fine West Indies mahogany with four drawers of staggered heights. The handsome figuring of the grain is given added movement by the flat cut contiguous veneer moving horizontally across the front of the chest.. The sides also have a flat cut veneer in one piece that was at the intersection of the huge branch or fork in the tree showing the knot and the concentric circles of the grain radiating out from the knot. Chest offers a pedestal top and rests on turned front feet, with diamond-shaped inlaid satinwood key insets. The top and bottom drawers have sculpted fronts. The secondary wood is pine as is traditional in Scandinavian cabinetry. Denmark, circa 1830.
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Chest has a Danish West Indies...
Category
1830s Danish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Side Table or Wine Table in Mahogany with Drawers
Located in Miami, FL
Perfect side or wine table next to a chair of sofa. A lovely sewing table in mahogany on turned & carved tripod pedestal base with two drawers & hinged lift-top. Top drawer offers li...
Category
1830s European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Birch Hand-Carved and Ebonized Biedermeier Dining Chairs
Located in New York, NY
A pair of armchairs crafted of solid birch, the classically curved back crest adorned with a carved, ebonized fan motif and sabre legs. The armchairs boast a pair of whimsical, eboni...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch
Set of 6 Josef Danhauser Biedermeier Viennese Upholstered Dining Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 6 Biedermeier Viennese (19th Century) dining chairs with a concave styled openwork backrest & carved embellishments, 2 turned horizontal supports, the seat cushion upholstered...
Category
19th Century Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Fruitwood, Walnut
Austrian Wooden Wall Clock
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian wooden wall clock with beige and silver hand-painted face and mahogany case with a steepled top.
Category
20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Swedish Gustavian-Style Pale Yellow Painted Shaped Demilune Top Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
Swedish Gustavian-style (20th Century) demilune console table with shaped top and apron with beveled edges, supported by four turned legs with an x-shaped stretcher base, painted a p...
Category
20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Biedermeier Salon Chairs
Located in New York, NY
These graceful chairs were hand-made of golden nordic birch. In need of new fabric, this pair has otherwise aged beautifully. Over a hundred years old, these chairs will last a hundr...
Category
1880s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch
Dutch Still Life Painting of Peaches, Pears, Grapes and Melon in Giltwood Frame
Located in Queens, NY
Dutch (19th Century) still life oil painting featuring peaches, pears, grapes and melon lushly composed on a table corner, enhanced by a slightly glossy varnish and mounted in an orn...
Category
20th Century Dutch Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paint
Dutch Nobleman Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait of a Dutch nobleman in ruffled collar
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paint
Pair of American 1940s Neo-Classical Pedestals
By McMillen
Located in New York, NY
This pair of walnut-veneered, black marble and brass neoclassical pedestals bear a striking resemblance to those that appeared in the rooms decorated in by Eleanor Brown of McMillen ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
Biedermeier Stool
Located in New York, NY
This freshly reupholstered stool is adorned with golden silk/wool in traditional Biedermeier style.
Category
1840s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch
Polish Nobleman Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Gilt framed oil painting portrait of nobleman (possibly Polish) wearing furs and pearl earring and holding scepter (19th Cent copy of a Rembrandt)
Category
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paint
Dutch Style Wooden Umbrella Stand
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Dutch-style (19/20th Century) carved and stained wood umbrella stand with 4 shoes at base and copper trim
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Antique German Biedermeier Classical Silver Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of German Biedermeier Classical silver candlesticks, circa 1830. Each: Socket mounted to leaf flange in turn mounted to baluster shaft on raised round foot on square base. Fluti...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Silver
Continental Austrian Brass Door Knockers
Located in Queens, NY
2 Continental Austrian style (20th Century) brass door knockers with double headed eagle design (PRICED EACH)
Category
20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
Outdoor Iron Café Table
Located in Queens, NY
Outdoor (20th Century )iron pedestal base cafe table with 3 legs
Category
20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Iron
Continental Bronze Dore Ceremonial Dog Pommel Sword with Scabbard
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Austrian-style (19th Century) bronze dore ceremonial hunting sword with dog's head pommel and bone handle and a leather scabbard.
Significant damage to scabbard, patina ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Bone
German Metlack Porcelain and Pewter Beer Stein
Located in Queens, NY
German (19th Century) Metlack beige and blue porcelain beer stein with scene of hunter and wife with pewter cover (Estate of Robert Ripley)
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Flemish 17th Century Tapestry Titled, Assassination of Alexander the Great
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Flemish (17th Century) rectangular woven tapestry depicting a tumultuous crowd scene of Greek militia bordered by a dense floral decoration, titled "The Assassination of Alex...
Category
17th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
German Plaster Bach Bust
Located in Queens, NY
German white painted plaster bust of Bach
Category
20th Century German Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Zabihi Collection Worn Caucasian Rug Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Pillow made from a 19th century distressed Caucasian rug.
16'' x 16''
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Foam
Pair of Outdoor Iron Greek Female Figure Statuaries
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Outdoor (late 19th Century) painted iron life size classical form female figures holding a small Aladdin lamp above their heads and standing on round pedestal bases. (attr. V...
Category
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Iron
Pair of Traditional European Silver Old Country Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of traditional European 833 silver candlesticks. Each: Knopped baluster shaft on double-domed foot; three embossed leaf-and-scroll mounted paw supports. Naif scroll-and-shell or...
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Silver
Fine Biedermeier Center Table
Located in New York, NY
A fine Biedermeier center table.
Cherrywood with ebonized fruitwood details
and carved giltwood caryatids.
Full restoration by us.
Category
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry, Ebony, Giltwood
Secessionist "Judith I, 1901" Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a Secessionist nude portrait painting titled "Judith I, 1901" showing woman in heavily patterned gold sheer kimono with gold background and sc...
Category
20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paint
German Metlack Porcelain and Pewter Beer Stein
Located in Queens, NY
German (19th Century) Metlack grey and blue porcelain beer stein with scene of 2 lovers with pewter cover (Estate of Robert Ripley)
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 9 Josef Danhauser Biedermeier Viennese Dining Side Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 9 Biedermeier Viennese (19th Century) dining / side chairs featuring carved arch backs in fluted form and bird's head supports decorated with polychrome embellishments, a balu...
Category
19th Century Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Fabric, Upholstery
Dutch Oil Painting of Interior Window Scene
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Dutch (19th Cent) oil painting of an interior scene with a mother and children by an open window (signed: WEILAND)
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paint
Maltese Continental Rosewood and Brass Inlaid Serpentine Commode
Located in Queens, NY
"Continental Maltese (18th Century) rosewood chest / commode with decorative brass inlay having 3 serpentine-front drawers with each having two brass drawer pulls, resting on four lo...
Category
18th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
Flemish Landscape "Wooded Landscape"
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a Dutch Flemish landscape painting titled "Wooded Landscape" showing impenetrable woods
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Nordic Birch Biedermeier Armchair
Located in New York, NY
Designed for a graceful 19th century sitting room, this chair is constructed of solid highly figured birch, and reupholstered in a period appropriate, but modern fabric. The addition...
Category
1860s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch
Masked Ball Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an interior scene painting titled "Masked Ball" showing figures dancing in a ballroom.
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paint
Pair of Baltic Empire-Style Black and Green Marble, Mahogany and Parcel-Gilt
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of Baltic Empire-style (19/20th Century) 2-door credenzas with mahogany cabinets with carved gilt and ebonized swan heads on the front supports, topped with a shaped piece of b...
Category
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Austrian Biedermeier Walnut Tilt Top Center Table
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (circa 1820) round tilt top center table with walnut veneer on 6 sided pedestal base supported on scalloped platform. ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Drum Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Constructed of solid birch, fir and mahogany and veneered in choice flame mahogany with birch banding, this Classic cabinet was often used as a pedestal, to display sculpture, a bust from antiquity...
Category
1820s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Swedish Biedermeier Birch Arm Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Swedish Biedermeier style (19/20th Cent) birch arm chair with lyre carved back and blue and red stripe upholstery
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch
Biedermeier Walnut and Giltwood Mirror
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1900Swedish Biedermeier style carved walnut wooden mirror with gilt details.
Measurements:
Height: 34"
Width: 23.5"
Depth: 3"
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Biedermeier furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Biedermeier furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Biedermeier furniture 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include Biedermeier, Morelato, Viennese Manufactory, and Baker Furniture Company. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $145 and tops out at $98,800 while the average work can sell for $4,268.
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