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 Portrait Painting of a Gentleman of the Coburg Elite
Located in Sakskøbing, DK
This rare German 19th-century portrait oil painting presents a gentleman of the Coburg Aristocracy. He is dressed in the style of the Biedermeier and early Victorian periods and was ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Continental Biedermeier Inlaid Burl Veneer Side Table
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Biedermeier (19th Century possibly German) rectangular burl side table with pullout drawer, light-colored contrasting wood marquetry veneer, notable for its central oval ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Inlaid Mirror with Parquetry, Sweden, circa 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
A slender Biedermeier mirror, with parquetry-inlaid frieze, and architectural pediment.
The mirror composed of two plates with beveled edges, and situated between two columns. Th...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Maple, Mirror
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
Biedermeier Cabinet, South German around 1830
Located in Greding, DE
Two-door Biedermeier cabinet in cherry veneer and polished by hand. The panels are decoratively set off in root burl. The interior division consists of three shelves. The cabinet com...
Category
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
19th Century Biedermeier Cherrywood Chair
Located in Darmstadt, DE
A chair from the time of the Biedermeier circa 1830. The chair is made of solid cherrywood.
In very good restored condition.
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
$718 Sale Price
20% Off
Thread table, Northern Europe, late 19th century.
Located in Chorzów, PL
A thread table from the second half of the 19th century in the Biedermeier style.
A small piece of furniture, a bit forgotten today, but once a must-have for a housewife for needlew...
Category
Late 19th Century Scandinavian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Armchair with leather upholstery, dated 1828
Located in Greding, DE
Wingback armchair with leather upholstery, studded decoration and straight armrests ending in volutes. The decorative quality of this armchair lies in the special patina of the antiq...
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Leather
Biedermeier Sémanier Chest of Drawers
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Biedermeier moment, architectural detailing shines in the seven-drawer Viggo chest of drawers fitted with brass handles (in our Hampton brass finish) and ivory-finish escutcheons. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
$6,210 / item
Library - antique display case, Northern Europe, around 1890.
Located in Chorzów, PL
A historic site - a library from the end of the 19th century.
Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Dimensions: height 182 cm / width 126 cm / depth 38 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Armchair, Scandinavia, circa 1900, After Renovation
Located in Chorzów, PL
Biedermeier armchair, Western Europe, circa 1860.
The furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation, the seat and backrest have been covered with a new velvet fa...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Table-bench, Northern Europe, circa 1860.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Table-bench, Northern Europe, circa 1860.
Very good condition, after professional renovation.
Wood: mahogany
dimensions: height 66 cm length 110 cm depth 82 cm
Category
Mid-19th Century Scandinavian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Continental German Cut Glass Decanter
Located in Queens, NY
Continental German (19/20th Century) cut glass decanter with 3 amber etched forest scenes with a deer, bird, and rabbit with a fluted ball stopper.
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Glass
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
Swedish Karl Johan, Biedermeier Crotch Mahogany Mirror
Located in Atlanta, GA
Period Karl Johan (Biedermeier) mirror of gorgeous crotch mahogany.
Silvered mirror is old and shows some age, but may not be original.
Mahogany is showing lighter in ...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Mirror
Set of Four Biedermeier Dining Chairs in Mahogany, Lower Saxony, Germany
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful set of four (4) North German Biedermeier dining chairs with solid mahogany frames with figured mahogany on the carved top & second rails, upholstered seat & saber legs. L...
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Demi Lune Fold-Out Table
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful Demi Lune table can be placed against the wall as a console semicircular. Or unfolded in the middle of the room as a round table. The table is made of solid walnut wood. Th...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$4,672 Sale Price
20% Off
Historic thread table, Northern Europe, circa 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
A thread table from the second half of the 19th century in the Biedermeier style.
A small piece of furniture, a bit forgotten today, but once a must-have for a housewife for needlew...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Thread table, Northern Europe, circa 1860. Antique.
Located in Chorzów, PL
A thread table from the second half of the 19th century in the Biedermeier style.
A small piece of furniture, a bit forgotten today, but once a must-have for a housewife for needlew...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Flemish Mid 19thC Flame Mahogany Sofas
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of Flemish Mid 19thC Flame Mahogany Sofas with Reeded Leg of Biedermeier Influence - 60" w x 30"d x 44"h (18" to the seat)
Category
1850s Belgian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Oval Biedermeier Side Table with Drawer, Walnut Veneer, South Germany circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Elegant oval Biedermeier Side Table from South Germany around 1820.
Walnut veneer on softwood. Book-matched and star shaped veneer on the top and walnut burl veneer on the frame. Fou...
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
French Provincial Country Biedermeier Cherry Marble Side Table Ice Bucket Holder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Provincial Country Biedermeier Style Cherry and Marble Side Table with Ice Bucket Holder. Item features a brass gallery, round inset white...
Category
Early 20th Century Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Marble
Austrian Biedermeier Marble Top Center Table
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (circa 1820) round ebonized center table with inlaid marble top & drawer supported by 4 columns ending in a platform base with gold stenciled decoration.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique French Restoration Period Leather Top Burled Elm Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th Century French desk handcrafted in elm wood featuring tooled black leather tops, two glove boxes with brass galleries over an arched case with seven drawers, brass ha...
Category
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Elm
Biedermeier Sewing Stand, Cherry Wood, South Germany, circa 1825
Located in Regensburg, DE
Biedermeier Sewing Stand, Cherry Wood, South Germany circa 1825
Rare, fine antique Biedermeier sewing stand. Cherry wood veneered and solid, ...
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Cherry, Softwood
$1,449 Sale Price
51% Off
Tea Chest, Germany First Half of the 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Lidded chest with a curved lid and a concave belly, standing on brass ball feet. The escutcheon is inlayed in bone. Mahogany veneered.
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
$1,725 Sale Price
20% Off
Fully Restored Pair of Black Biedermeier Armchairs 19th Century
Located in Lucenec, SK
Pair of beautiful Biedermeier Armchairs / chairs, mid 19th century from Vienna, Austria. Walnut veneered on the backs and solid walnut legs. Chairs are restored and French polished. ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Biedermeier Elm Corner Cupboard, 1830
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Beautiful Biedermeier elm corner cupboard with authentic antique warm patina.
Category
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Elm
$2,396 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Pair of Austrian Biedermeier Ebonized Upholstered Armchairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Continental Austrian (1st half 19th Century) ebonized open Armchairs with gilded palmettes and trim with upholstered seat and back
One chair has a large stain on the seat. ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique chest of drawers - post, Northern Europe, late 19th century
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique chest of drawers from around 1880, Northern Europe.
Furniture in good condition, professionally renovated, finished with high gloss polish.
Dimensions: height 144 cm / widt...
Category
1880s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Mahogany Desk, Mid-19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
An elegant Biedermeier desk crafted from mahogany. The piece features stylish forked legs connected by a smooth stretcher. Its rectangular tabletop includes a wide drawer fitted with...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Pair of Ebonized Biedermeier Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of important Biedermeier side chairs in the manner of Josef Danhauser. Crafted from ebonized fruitwood with border of intricate pearwood inlay. Resting on four tapered sabre sha...
Category
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood, Pearwood
Set of Six Dining Chairs, Italy circa 1830
Located in Greding, DE
A set of six walnut dining chairs featuring front baluster legs and splayed saber legs at the back. The gently scrolled backrests terminate in an elegant velarium-style carving. The ...
Category
1830s Italian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
$10,782 / set
Restored Biedermeier Display Cabinet, Walnut, Glass, 1820s, Austria
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This stunning display cabinet, crafted in the Biedermeier style, dates back to the early 19th century and was made in Austria. It is constructed from fine walnut wood and adorned wit...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
Splendid Hand Mirror, European, 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid double sided hand mirror, European, 1900s.
Category
Early 1900s European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Biedermeier Hardcover Oversized Book by Angus Wilkie 1987
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Biedermeier Hardcover Oversized Book by Angus Wilkie 1st edition 1987.
Biedermeier, the style prized by the avant-garde of central Europe in the 19th century and in America today.
An...
Category
1980s American Vintage Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paper
Shepherd with Herd in a Victorian Landscape, Oil on Wood, 19th Century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Shepherd with Herd in a Victorian Landscape, Oil on Wood 19th century
An original antique oil painting showing a shepherd with his sheeps and cows resting on a pond. Painted in oi...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Italian Satinwood and Ebonized Biedermeier Palladian Mirror, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian Biedermeier satinwood and ebonized palladian mirror with upper ormolu cherub swag mounts and lower ormolu floral medallion mounts. Mirror has ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
A Danish Biedermeier Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in San Francisco, CA
the handsome chest constructed during the Golden Age of Danish furniture (1800-1850) and composed of well-figured mahogany veneer fitted with three drawers inlaid with neoclassical d...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
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
$8,200
Antique European Biedermeier Walnut Armchair, circa 1820
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Biedermeier armchair offers walnut frame with upholstered back and seat, S-scroll and reeded arms, raised on slightly flared and square legs, circa 1820
Measures: 35" H x...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Walnut, Wood
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Biedermaier Writing Table in Light Wood 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.
Parti...
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
22 Piece Bavarian White Porcelain Chippendale Tea Set
Located in Queens, NY
22-Piece Continental German (Bavarian) (19/20th Century) white porcelain "Chippendale" pattern tea set with floral detail and gold rim (2 pots & 9 cups & 11 saucers) (PRICED AS SET)
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Continental Austrian Mahogany Davenport Table
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Austrian style (1920s) mahogany davenport table with a pedestal base supporting a top with drop sides (9") & a drawer on a base with ebonized trim & claw feet.
Category
20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Armchairs, Northern Europe, circa 1890.
Located in Chorzów, PL
A pair of antique armchairs from the late 19th century.
Furniture in very good condition, professionally renovated. The seats and backrests of the seats have been covered with new f...
Category
1890s Scandinavian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$1,916 / set
Antique sofa from the late 19th century, Northern Europe.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique sofa from around 1880 from Northern Europe.
Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation. The sofa has been covered with new fabric.
Dimensions: height 1...
Category
Late 19th Century Scandinavian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Antique sofa, Northern Europe, around 1880.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique sofa, Northern Europe, around 1880.
Very good condition, after wood renovation.
dimensions: height 111 cm seat height 46 cm width 178 cm depth 72 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Scandinavian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Antique round-top table from Northern Europe, around 1900.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique table from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Northern Europe.
The piece of furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Dimensions: height 78 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Walnut
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
Antique Swedish, Karl Johan 'Biedermeier' Oval Center Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Swedish Karl Johan (Biedermeier) center or side table in mahogany. Oval top, gracefully shaped pedestal base, can be used as a center, end, or side table. Beautiful piece in excellen...
Category
1890s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Self Portrait 1887
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an Impressionist portrait painting titled "Self Portrait 1887"
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paint
$5,850
1820s Biedermeier Brass Mounted Carelian Birch and Marquetry Center Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A Neoclassical Biedermeier Style Brass Mounted Karelian Birch And Satinwood Marquetry Center Table, Baltic Countries, Probably Russian, Second Quarter 19th Century. 44"in diameter. ...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
$25,550 Sale Price
30% Off
Architectural 19th Century Biedermeier Commode
Located in London, GB
Austria, circa 1840
A rare early nineteenth century Biedermeier commode, of architectural form with finely figured book matched veneers of cherry wood to the front, opening with thr...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Cherry
19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Flower Stand or Chamganer Stand
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This antique piece of furniture is a truly remarkable and unique example of Biedermeier style, made from beautiful and durable walnut wood. The elegant and understated design of this...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$2,695 Sale Price
22% Off
Very Good & Unique Biedermeier Period Inlaid Ash Commode, Germany Circa 1825
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome & capacious three drawer commode in highly grained ash, the top inlaid with rectilinear parquetry motifs in German walnut, surrounding a heart-shaped marquetry motif ...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
Handsome 19th Century German Walnut and Elmwood Biedermeier Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Discover the elegance of the 19th century with this handsome German walnut and elmwood Biedermeier commode. A true antique, this piece exudes the classic sophistication of its era, c...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Elm, Walnut
Antique Biedermeier-Style Drop-Front Mahogany Secretary Chest
By Biedermeier
Located in Milano, IT
This marvelous Biedermeier-style drop-front secretary chest, dating back to around 1830 and crafted in Austria, is a true work of art. Made from precious mahogany wood, it features b...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Metal
$6,230 Sale Price
20% Off
German Biedermeier Salad Cutlery Set Silver
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Large salad cutlery set in 800 silver with a beautiful detailed rich decor in the period of German Biedermeier. Hallmarks for German silver and 800 stamp...
Category
Early 20th Century German Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Silver
$1,030 / set
Early and Rare Royal Copenhagen Writing Set with Two Inkwells, circa 1850s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Early and rare Royal Copenhagen writing set with two inkwells.
hand-painted with flowers.
Stamped, circa 1850s.
1st. factory quality, in good condition, one lid with small c...
Category
1850s Danish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
$287 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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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