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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Style: Biedermeier
Antique Swiss Biedermeier Silver Covered Chafing Dish
Located in New York, NY
Swiss Biedermeier silver chafing dish, 19th century. Round with gently curved sides and molded rim. Handle faceted stained wood. Beading. Cover gently rai...
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Silver
Plate Imperial Viennese Porcelain Manufactory dated 1816
Located in Vienna, AT
QUITE RARE PICTURE PLATE OF VIENNESE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY:
Stunning quality / edged areas are decorated with so-said Grotesque (Italian: GROTTESCHI) pattern. - Material is PORCELAIN (multicoloured painted).
DATED 1816 (year's mark at reverse side visible: '816)
Blue Beehive Mark (underglazed) of Austrian Imperial Porcelain...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Brown and Pink Bohemian Armchair Made Out of Walnut, 1820s, Biedermeier Style
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Biedermeier armchair.
This armchair belonged to the heritage of the Dalmberg family from the Bohemian castle in Dacice.
Material: Walnut.
Completely restored.
New fabric.
Shella...
Category
1820s Czech Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Walnut
Early Biedermeier Walnut Sofa, circa 1820
Located in Lucenec, SK
The sofa dates from the early Biedermeier period at the beginning of the 19th century. The body of the sofa is made of spruce wood and was covered with a very beautiful thick walnut ...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Pair of Shovel Chairs
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful pair of Biedermeier era shovel chair, made circa 1825 with thick walnut and walnut veneer on spruce wood. The chair has been reupholstered and covered with new fabric. In v...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Biedermeier Style Secretaire
Located in Berlin, DE
Delicate secretaire in Biedermeier style.
Maple root on solid pinewood. Interior, blackened full-columns, plastic shown in squared form.
(L-Sam-41).
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Maple, Pine
Biedermeier Side Chair Made in 1820s Austria, Restored Yew
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Style:19th
century Biedermeier
Period:1820-1829
Origin:Austria
Width:45 cm / 17.72"
Depth:44 cm / 17.32"
Seat:45 cm / 17.72"
Backrest:89 cm / 35.04"
Material:Yew.
Category
19th Century Czech Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Yew
Antique 19th Century Handcrafted Nutwood & Beveled Glass Hand or Vanity Mirror
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare size and great shape antique hand mirror.
This good size and highly practical antique hand mirror can also be used as a wall mirror. The make...
Category
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Nutwood, Mirror
Pair Nightstand Water Carafes in 19th Century Style, Bohemian Glass
Located in Nový Bor, CZ
This hand-made set is meant to be placed on a nighstand to hold water. It’s made from gold ruby glass. The glass is painted by hand with gold and cut by hand.
The whole set include...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Display Display Bookcase, Czechia
Located in Horomerice, CZ
19th century Biedermeier display bookcase
Completely restored to shellac polish.
Material: Walnut
Period: 1830 - 1839
Source: Bohemia - Czechia.
Category
1830s Czech Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
19th Century antique Biedermeier Corner Cupboard Cuba Mahogany Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Cuba mahogany on pinewood. Straight casted two-door body on profile-framed base. Slightly protruding top plate. Recessed, one-Lane grille-glazed top, flanked by adjusted columns with fine ornament-carved base and capitals. Stepped profile gable with cantilevered so-called Schinkeldach. Internal shelving. The corner cabinet is in an unrestored condition with a warm patina grown over decades.
This corner display case...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Biedermeier Commode, Probably North Germany Around 1820
Located in Greding, DE
Biedermeier commode with three drawers and flanking full columns, veneered in mahogany.
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Wingback Armchair, South German, 1840
Located in Belmont, MA
Biedermeier wingback armchair, South German 1840, yew tree.
This beautiful original Biedermeier wingback armchair is in very good refinished condition. The seat and back are covered with a dark blue velvet fabric.
The chair is comfortable and could be the perfect piece for a reading corner.
Category
1840s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Yew
19th Century Biedermeier Style Three-Sided Glazed Glass Vitrine mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Three-sided glazed glass vitrine circa 1825 in the sense of Karl Friedrich Schinkel. High-quality Mahogany on solid softwood. Recessed frame box. Architecturally arranged front with ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Biedermeier Corner Cabinet, Cherry Veneer, Ebony Inlay, South Germany circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful, rare, neoclassical biedermeier Corner Cabinet or Corner Cupboard in cherry veneer from South Germany around 1820.
Cherry veneer on softwood, french polished. Circle with ...
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Metal
Lyra Sewing Table in antique Biedermeier Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Ash root on solid conifers. Straight, bipedal base on lyre-shaped, perforated cheeks with metal sides. Underneath pull-out woollen drawer. Four-sided base plate. Top drawer with comp...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Red Vinyl Biedermeier Style Cedar Armchair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury, Biedermeier style armchair features an elegant cedar frame upholstered in red vinyl with nailhead detail.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Faux Leather, Cedar
19th Century Czech Biedermeier Sofa, Brown Ash, 1830s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Biedermeier sofa
Completely restored, new upholstery included
Shellac polish.
Source: Czech
Period: 1830-1839.
Category
1830s European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Ash, Lacquer
Bernhardt Biedermeir Style Coffee Table
By Bernhardt
Located in Pasadena, TX
Bernhardt Biedermeir style coffee table
Maple with inlay banding and ebonized feet.
Measures: 36" x 36" x 17"H.
Category
Late 20th Century North American Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Standing Mirror Made in Austria circa 1810, Fully Restored Walnut
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Biedermeier Mirror
Style:19th century
Period:1810-1819
Origin:Austria
Height:182 cm / 71.65"
Width:99 cm / 38.98"
Depth:51 cm / 20.08"
Status:Restored
Material:Nut.
Category
1810s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Vienna Biedermeier Style Secretaire antique 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, ...
Category
20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Gilt Biedermeier Wall Mirror with Bulls Eye Carvings, Austria, circa 1825
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Breathtaking, large Austrian Gilt Biedermeier wall mirror from the early period around 1825. The wide, deeply grooved frame was covered with fine gold leaf and impresses with classical hand carved "Bull´s Eye" motives and additional stripes on the inside. On some spots slight abrasions of the gold leaf brought out the red "bolus" - the primer for gilding - which confers this nearly 200 year old, majestic mirror...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Biedermeier Chairs, 1820, Danhauser Style
Located in Belmont, MA
Pair of Biedermeier chairs, Austria 1820, cherry veneer with plum wood inlays. Unique and exquisite pair of original Biedermeier chairs.
Th...
Category
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
Antique Biedermeier Table Mahogany Inlaid with Mother of Pearl inlay 1870
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid wood a, partly blackened. Slightly protruding round cover plate on curved legs with fine brass framing connected by an intermediate plate.
The plate has fine inlays inserted a...
Category
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Biedermeier Mahogany Globe Table/Globustisch on Tripod Base, 19thC
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare Biedermeier mahogany globe table or official known as Globustisch on tripod base with ebonized stem.
The retractable globe-form top with segmented veneer panels open to rev...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Biedermeier Display Cabinet Made in 1830s Germany, Fully Restored Walnut
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Style:19th
century Biedermeier
Period:1830-1839
Origin:Germany
Measures: Height:214 cm / 84.25"
Width:178 cm / 70.08"
Depth:53 cm / 20.87".
Category
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Glass, Walnut
19th Century Display Cabinet Made in Bohemia, Fully Restored Walnut and Glass
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Completely restored Czech Biedermeier glassed in display cabinet.
Source: Czechia
Period: 1840-1849
Material: Walnut.
Category
19th Century Czech Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
19th Century Biedermeier Style Mahogany Chair
Located in Berlin, DE
Very elegant Biedermeier chair circa 1825 mahogany.
Solid mahogany. Trapezoidal frame on saber-shaped legs. High-profile, profile-backed backrest Framing with wide top and middle we...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
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...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Large Biedermeier Writing Table Early 19th Century Bird's-Eye Maple Veneer
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An unusually large desk, even suitable for two working spaces at a time. The rounded rectangular top with a tooled black leather writing surface above four frieze drawers, two to eac...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
20th Century Biedermeier Style Corner Cupboard Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant corner cupboard in Biedermeier style.
Bird’s eye maple root veneer on solid pinewood. Partially ebonized. Two drawered body over prominent overhanging pedestal, internal she...
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Wood, Beech, Pine
Antique Vienna 13 Lot Silver Coffee Maker by Mayerhofer & Klinkosch, Dated 1844
Located in Vienna, AT
Consists of a hot water vessel with a lockable spout, two metal sieves, a silver warmer and a burner.
Cylindrical vessel with two drop ring handles, remo...
Category
1840s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Silver
19th Century Biedermeier Brass Candlesticks, Austria, circa 1830
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Fine 19th century Biedermeier brass candlesticks from Austria, circa 1830. A straight, clear shape - a typical attribute for the early Bidermeier period - processed of fine brass wit...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
Swedish Biedermeier Style Birch Kneehole Desk
Located in New York, NY
Swedish Biedermeier style (19/20th Century) birch kneehole desk with three drawer above two cabinet doors enclosed 4 drawers with a gold embossed black leather top.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch, Leather
19th Century German Cherrywood Biedermeier Armchair with Brown Leather Seat
Located in Berlin, DE
This 19th century German Biedermeier armchair was made in the 1920s. It is made out of solid cherry wood and the seat is reupholstered with brown / cognac leather.
A unique piece wh...
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Leather, Cherry
Oval Biedermeier Cherrywood Tilt-Top Table, Swedish, circa 1820
Located in San Francisco, CA
Unusual Biedermeier style oval shape cherrywood table with a tilt-top, supported on a center column with three splayed ebonized supports attached to a tripartite base and siting on e...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
Biedermeier Mahogany Cabinet from circa 1880
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique, elegant chest of drawers, a bar from the end of the 19th century in Biedermeier style after professional renovation, finished in polythene.
Wood: mahogany,
Year: circa...
Category
1880s Danish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Biedermeier Tall Chest of Drawers in Bookmatched Mahogany, Denmark, 1840
Located in Miami, FL
A Biedermeier or Christian VIII semainier or tall chest with seven drawers in mahogany, with bookmatched crotch-mahogany veneer on drawer fronts, pedestal top and plinth base, Denmar...
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Biedermeier Cherrywood Chest of Drawers, Austria, circa 1825
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Fantastic Biedermeier cherrywood chest of drawers made in the early 19th century in Austria around 1825. This beautiful straight shaped Biedermeier commode shows a precious cherrywoo...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
Restored Empire Chair, Made in the 19th Century in Austria, Restored Elm, 1830s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Biedermeier chair
Completely restored, new fabric and upholstery included.
Source: Austria, Wien - Architect Josef Danhauser
Period: 1830-1839
Shellac-polish.
Category
1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
20th Century Biedermeier Style Oval Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Exceptionally pretty oval table in Biedermeier style.
solid wood, partially blackened. Oval, cambered and profiled pedestal. Middle ascending, eight-fold edged, fan-shaped column-sha...
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Console Table, Walnut Veneer, Ebonized, South Germany, circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful straightlined neoclassical Biedermeier Console Table from South Germany, circa 1820.
Walnut veneered on softwood, shellac hand-polished (French Polish).
Ebonized plate and ...
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood, Softwood, Wood, Walnut
Set of Three Biedermeier Dining Chairs, Made in Austria, 1820s, Walnut
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Set of Biedermeier chairs, three pieces.
Completely restored, new fabric and upholstery included.
Source: Austria, Wien
Shellac-polish.
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
Antique Altwasser Chocolate Jug in Porcelain with a Lion on the Handle
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Altwasser chocolate jug in porcelain modelled with a lion on the handle.
Hand-painted flowers and gold decoration. Late 19th century.
Measures: 24 x 16.5 cm.
In good orig...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Biedermeier Brass Candlestick 19th Century, Austria, circa 1830
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Decorative 19th century Austrian Biedermeier brass candlestick from circa 1830. A straight, clear shape, a typical attribute for the early Biedermeier period, processed of fine brass...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
Biedermeier Chest of Drawers, 1840, Elm Wood
Located in Belmont, MA
This Biedermeier chest of drawers dates back to 1840 and is an example of a chest from the late phase of the Biedermeier style. It comes from Southern Germany. The curved profile of ...
Category
1840s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Elm
Antique Folding Dining Table, Made in the 19th Century in Czechia. Restored
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Fully restored walnut.
Belonging to the Biedermeier style.
Made in the 1830s.
Category
19th Century Czech Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Biedermeier Sofa, Cherrywood, 1820s, Made in Czechia, Restored
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Biedermeier sofa
Completely restored, new upholstery included
Shellac polish.
Source: Czech
Period: 1820-1829.
Category
1820s Czech Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Cherry, Lacquer
20th Century Vienna Biedermeier Style Chiffoniere Commode after Josef Danhauser
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century Vienna Biedermeier style chiffoniere commode. Maple root veneer on solid spruce.
(D-Sam-2).
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Maple, Spruce
20th Century antique Empire Style Palisander Swan Sofa Mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Empire Swan canapé in the style of Classicism, (1810). Exotic palisander on solid beechwood. Partially ebonized and gilded.
On each side a carved swan's head.
Very high quality sat...
Category
20th Century French Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
20th Century Biedermeier Style Secretaire
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century Biedermeier style secretaire
Delicate secretaire in Biedermeier style. Tulip veneer, partially blackened, on solid pinewood....
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Pine
19th Century Biedermeier Curving Backrest Chair
Located in Berlin, DE
Biedermeier chair, circa 1845.
Solid wood with red cover. Rear legs saber-shaped. Wide curving backrest.
(C-127).
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Fabric
Biedermeir Coffee Table or Writing Desk in Walnut, Denmark
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Danis...
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Swiss Mechanical Clock Painting, Circa 1820
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century Swiss mechanical clock painting circa 1820
This antique and unique clock painting is created in oil on metal circa 1820 in Switzerlan...
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Metal
Continental 19th Century Biedermeier St. Burl Maple Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and most decorative continental 19th century Biedermeier St. burl maple commode. The four drawer chest is raised by elegant and unique topie shaped feet. Each of the f...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Maple, Bone
20th Century Biedermeier Style Secretaire
Located in Berlin, DE
Delicate secretaire in Biedermeier style.
Maple roots on solid pinewood. Natrual leather covered and gold-embossing.
(L-Mhs-42).
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood, Maple
Biedermeier Cabinet, around 1835
Located in Greding, DE
Two-door Biedermeier walnut cabinet with coffered doors and profiled cornice. The edges are set off in poplar.
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Poplar, Walnut, Wood
Biedermeier Style Dining Table with Marble
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biedermeier dining table with bird's-eye maple veneer and Carrara marble. Could be used in a library, as an entry table, dining table or even a desk. This piece of art has an acanthu...
Category
20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
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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