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
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
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
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
Wood Carved Antique German Biedermeier Wooden Glove Stretcher
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A Historical Souvenir Wooden glove stretcher. Made of wood showing landscapes. This is a nice addition to your collection.
Category
1860s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Biedermeier Ruby Glass Brass Ceiling Light for Candles
Located in Munich, DE
This beautiful ruby red ceiling light is in fine original condition. It is suspended from it's original brass chains.
Diameter glass vessel: 26cm.
Category
1820s European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Biedermeier Armchair Solid Walnut Wood
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Biedermeier armchair from Germany, very good restorated condition, solid walnut. The feet are with brass shoes.
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
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
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
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
19th Century Biedermeier Mirrors
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century Biedermeier mirrors, Germany, circa 19th century. These are extremely well made with beautifully grained bookmatched walnut frame...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Walnut
Vienna Biedermeier Sofa, 2 Seats
Located in Paris, FR
This Vienna Biedermeier sofa is crafted of oak veneer in Austria in the 1830s. Carved with elegant curving lines and cornucopia, it is a masterpiece...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Oak
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
19th-Century Biedermeier Pier Glass in Dark Brown Mahogany Frame
Located in Opole, PL
19th-Century Biedermeier Pier Glass in Dark Brown Mahogany Frame
We present you a mirror in a rectangular, wooden frame, which is veneered with mahogany.
The whole is from the 2nd h...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany
Biedermeier Glass Goblet
Located in Wien, AT
Biedermeier glass goblet
Bohemia, circa 1840.
Category
1840s Czech Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Glass
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
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
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
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
Original Antique Round Biedermeier Folding Table, circa 1820 Mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Mahogany on solid wood. Eightfold bent column shaft. Beneath it there are three volute-shaped curved legs. Straight cheeks for round tabletop. A strict form of early-Biedermeier time...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Swedish Biedermeier Birch Veneered Desk or Console Table, Circa 1880
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Biedermeier birch veneered desk with drawers from the 19th century. This antique desk from Sweden, with it's beautiful birch wood grain veneer and decorative inlays, houses...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Cherry and Ebony Biedermeier Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning early 19th century cherry and ebony Biedermeier vitrine, circa 1850. The vitrine is raised on square ebonized feet below a faux drawer with ebony trim. Above is a pair of ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Glass, Cherry, Ebony
Pair of Continental Biedermeier Style One Drawer One Door Side Tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of Continental 19th century Biedermeier st. burl walnut, ormolu and marble one drawer one door side tables. Each small table is raised ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Thread Table, Northern Europe, Late 19th Century
Located in Chorzów, PL
A historic thread table from around 1880.
Dimensions: height 74 cm / width 50 cm / depth. 43 cm
Very good condition.
Category
1870s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Biedermeier Large Cherry Farmhouse Seat Bench
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Extremely rare seat bench from the time of the late Biedermeier.
Made of solid cherrywood.
The bench is unbelievable 243 cm wide!
In very good restored...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
Chest of Drawers Biedermeier from 1810
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Unique chest of drawers Biedermeier from 1810.
Chest of drawers was produced at the turn of the Baroque and Biedermeier regions
It has been cleaned to bare veneer, disinfected...
Category
1810s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
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
Neoclassical Biedermeier Secretaire, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Very fine, neoclassical early Biedermeier Secretaire from South Germany around 1820.
Beautiful classicist design with gable cornice, well ...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Iron, Brass
Chiffonier and Commode in Antique Biedermeier Style, Exotic Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Exotic Indian Palisander on solid Wood. Architecturally arranged front. Highly rectangular body on log feet, with seven drawers of different sizes. The base drawer is curved, flanked...
Category
20th Century German Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
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
Austrian Biedermeier 1840s Walnut Desk with Three Drawers and Ebonized Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Biedermeier period walnut desk from the mid-19th century, with three drawers and blond patina. Created in Austria during the second quarter of the 19th century, this Biedermeier wa...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Biedermeier Style Bookcase or Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
Biedermeier bookcase or vitrine, circa 1815.
Cherry tree on solid partly ebonized. On stepped frame base, high-rectangular corpus, partly blackened. In the front two triple-sectione...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Cherry
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
Neoclassical Biedermeier Desk, Cherry Veneer, Six Columns, Austria, circa 1830
Located in Regensburg, DE
Wonderful neoclassical austrian Biedermeier desk from about 1830.
Nice book-matched cherry veneer on softwood.
Hexagonal veneered columns ...
Category
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Softwood, Cherry
Elegant Corner Vitrine / cupboard in Antique Biedermeier Style maple veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
High-quality beef gelato root veneer on solid conifers, partially ebonised. Cassette, two-door carcase, overlapped, above-grooved frame base, inside shelf division. Slightly protrudi...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Maple
Two Large Biedermeier Armchairs Walnut Cream Material with Blue Flowers
Located in DE
Two large Biedermeier armchairs circa 1850 in a typical cream material with blue flowers.
These two chairs are very comfortable chairs made from walnut.
The Biedermeier period refe...
Category
1850s Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Mahogany German Biedermeier Tub Back Bergére
Located in Charleston, SC
Dramatic German mahogany Biedermeier chair has a robust curved back with seven mahogany turned buttons on the crest rail. The crest rail curves round to sweeping concave arms continu...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
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
Mahogany Cabinet, Northern Europe, circa 1870
Located in Chorzów, PL
Mahogany cabinet, Northern Europe, circa 1870.
Very good condition, after renovation.
dimensions: height 153 cm width 69 cm depth 44 cm.
Category
1870s Scandinavian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Very Elegant Biedermeier Chair, Birch, 19th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid birch wood. Slightly trapezoidal frame on also slightly saber-shaped legs. Rectangular, profiled backrest framing, ebonized sprout wood in the center. Extra professional and hi...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch
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
Biedermeier Walnut Blue Fabric Vintage Wingback Chair Armchair Vienna circa 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Biedermeier vintage wingback chair or armchair from walnut and sky blue upholstery designed and manufactured circa 1925 Vienna.
While the walnut frame in beautiful brown color tone is refinished some time ago and demonstrates stunning warmth and depth, the upholstery was newly reupholstered with sky blue high quality textile fabric.
The wingback chair or armchair features a stunning slightly curved backrest, which flows into the armrests and is great to use as freestanding fireplace armchair...
Category
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
19th Century Biedermeier Solid Cherrywood Table
Located in Darmstadt, DE
A very nice table made of solid cherrywood, from the Biedermeier period around 1830, with two drawers (cherry / softwood.). The space from the floor t...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry, Pine
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
Pyramid Cabinet shelve in antique Biedermeier Style Mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Fine pyramid cabinet in Biedermeier style.
High quality mahogany veneer on solid softwood. Conical body on profiled frame base. In the front, large ce...
Category
20th Century German Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Biedermeier Sewing Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Decent Biedermeier sewing table, circa 1825.
Mahogany on solid softwood. Straight, two-handed frame box on a telescopic column on saber-shape...
Category
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Softwood
Early 19th Century Biedermeier Solid Walnut Ear/Wing Armchair
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This Biedermeier winged armchair and the stool are made of solid walnut. The chair is reupholstered with straps and springs. The wood has been restored and hand-polished. Very beauti...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
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
Antique Cherry Wood Italian Biedermeier One Drawer Accent Lamp Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th century antique cherry wood Italian Biedermeier one drawer accent lamp side table. Item features lower shelf, beautiful wood grain, working lo...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
20th Century Biedermeier Style Armchair After Josef Danhauser
Located in Berlin, DE
Armchair after Josef Danhauser Vienna Biedermeier style.
Light palisander on solid beech wood. Inlaid filament.
(B-Sam-6).
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century antique Original Biedermeier Table Mahogany veneer Warm Patina
Located in Berlin, DE
Mahogany wood, slender, multi-articulated columns, below are three volute-shaped legs. Gothic frame, with protruding profile plate.
The tabletop can be folded forward.
Good conditi...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century antique 4 Biedermeier Saber Legs Chairs Solid Mahogany
Located in Berlin, DE
4 chairs of the German Biedermeier. Solid mahogany. The striking shape with the wide-legged saber legs and the encircling backrest board was rediscovered in classicism, circa 1800. I...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Restored German Biedermeier Table, Made with Mahogany, 1820s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Biedermeier table
Completely restored.
Shellac polish.
Material: Mahogany
Source: Germany
Period: 1820-1829.
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Wood, Lacquer
19th Century, Set of Six Solid Walnut Biedermeier Chairs
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Set of six chairs, Biedermeier, solid walnut-wood. The chairs were new re-upholstered. In very good restored condition.
Measure: Seat height 47 cm.
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut, Upholstery
19th Century Biedermeier Table, Made in Austria, 1820s, Fully Restored
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Biedermeier table
Completely restored.
Shellac polish.
Material: Mahogany
Source: Austria
Period: 1820-1829.
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Lacquer
Biedermeier Console Table, Cherry Wood, Full Columns, South Germany circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Elegant neoclassical Biedermeier Console Table from South Germany about 1820.
Concave base veneered in cherrywood in with mirror glass (replaced) in the back. The plate is cherry so...
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Cherry
Biedermeier Bookcase, South German, circa 1830
Located in Greding, DE
Two-door bookcase on conical legs with rounded corners and two-thirds glazing of the doors, which ends in a segmental arch in the upper area. The interior consists of shelves that ca...
Category
1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique German Biedermeier Footed Silver Sugar Chest or Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique German sugar box is composed of .875 silver and dates to circa 1850 in the Biedermeier style. The box sits on ornately crafted feet and features clam shell relief decora...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Silver
Antique Thread Table, Northern Europe, circa 1900
Located in Chorzów, PL
A historic thread table from the end of the 19th century.
Dimensions: height 78 cm / width 48 cm / depth. 36 cm
Very good condition.
Category
1890s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
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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