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
19th Century Biedermeier Birchwood Sweden Secretaire and Armoires , 1830s
Located in Roma, RM
Rare Biedermeier furniture, seeing it looks like a small cabinet, opening the doors we are on the right side a small, elegant, Secretaire, while on the left side a small wardrobe. Sm...
Category
1830s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch
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...
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Beautiful Biedermeier Side Table Mahogany, circa 1860
Located in Berlin, DE
Beautiful Biedermeier side table mahogany, circa 1860
Solid wood, mahogany partially veneered. Fully turned balustrade shaft on 4 volute feet.
A drawer. Profiled and mottled cove...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Empire Style Table Walnut Center Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Elegant 19th century Austrian Biedermeier Empire style walnut center table with black glass top. Very fine finish on this piece and a classic style!
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Antique Embroidery Little Girl House Door Vine Flower Bouquet Wall Key Cabinet
Located in Munich, DE
This highly amusing and unusual little wall cabinet for keys is decorated with a charming embroidery picture of a little girl wearing a red dress wi...
Category
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wool, Wood
Early Biedermeier Period Walnut Console Table with Drawer, Austria, circa 1830
Located in Miami, FL
Absolute unique walnut wall console table artfully made in the early Biedermeier period circa 1830 in Austria. Made with finest walnut veneer, this rare console table features a hidd...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Period 1840s Austrian Walnut Guéridon with Star Inlay and Foliage
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Austrian Biedermeier period walnut guéridon table from the mid-19th century, with star inlay and scrolling foliage. Crafted in Austria during the second quarter of the 19th centur...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Southern German Biedermeier Style Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Classical, noble table in South German Biedermeier style
Highly valuable bird’s-eye maple veneer on solid pinewood. Bowed borders on sabre-formed conical, tapered four edged legs. Four-sided retracted pedestal on disc feet. Slender overlapping table...
Category
20th Century German Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Maple, Pine
19th Century German Biedermeier Style Secretary
Located in Berlin, DE
Petite secretary Biedermeier style, circa 1790.
High-quality Cuba mahogany on solid softwood. High-right body on tapering legs. Supplied with three dr...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Softwood
19th-Century Biedermeier Mahogany Armchair in Light Upholstery
Located in Opole, PL
19th-Century Biedermeier Mahogany Armchair in Light Upholstery
The armrests end with decorations in the shape of bird heads.
The armchair legs are straight.
Furthermore, the backres...
Category
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Unique Marble Column with Natural Grain
Located in Berlin, DE
Black marble with grey-white grain. Stepped round foot in distended shank. Ovoider body, slightly rising neck and broad arched edge.
This column can be divided in five pieces.
Ve...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Marble
Friedrich Schilcher, Biedermeier Portrait of a Young Woman, Vienna 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Portrait of a young woman dressed in a white lace blouse, with a red bow in her dark curly hair. She is placed in front of a diffuse blue background in three quarters view. Oil on ca...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Paint
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...
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
Set of Four Austrian Biedermeier Side Chairs with Lyre Shaped Backs, circa 1850
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of four Austrian Biedermeier dining chairs from the mid-19th century, with lyre-shaped backs, carved urns and new upholstery. Each of this set of Biedermeier side chairs featur...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century, Hand-Crafted Solid Nutwood End Table or Wine Table
Located in Lisse, NL
Lovely shape and great quality Biedermeier end table.
This elegantly shaped and all hand-crafted end table from the late 1800s has a wonderful patina. This quality nutwood table is ...
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Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Nutwood
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
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...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Wien Armored Cabinet, Safe, Restored and Functioning, All Original
By Wien
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1969 Wien Armored cabinet, safe, restored and functioning, in solid oak the internal structure, covered with panels in welded steel.
Measures cm: H 1...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Steel
Portrait Bust of a Lady, Dated 1837
Located in Greding, DE
Portrait bust of a lady of the Biedermeier period. The bust was most probably modelled in plaster using the impression of the death mask. Signed on the ...
Category
1830s Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Lantern, Probably Austria, circa 1820
Located in Greding, DE
Silver lamp with balustered wall with hoop of C-clasps and medallions with flowers or monogram DA. Each of the three handles has long link chains with ring suspension on the lid. 13 ...
Category
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Silver
20th Century Biedermeier Style Wood Oval Table
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century Biedermeier style wood oval table
Exceptionally pretty oval table in Biedermeier style.
Bird's-eye maple on solid wood, partially blackened. Oval cambered and profiled...
Category
20th Century German Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Maple
Gilt Wall Mirror with Stucco Works Biedermeier Period, Austria, circa 1830
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Large gilt wall mirror from the Biedermeier period in Austria from the early 19th century, circa 1830. The gilt artful processed frame is adorned by beautiful floral stucco works and...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Unique Restored Czech Biedermeier Ash Writing Desk, 1830s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Shipping to any US port only for $290 USD
Biedermeier writing desk
Completely restored.
Shellac polish.
Material: Ash veneer, lacquer
Period: 1830-1839
Unique pieces.
Height from f...
Category
1830s Czech Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Ash, Lacquer
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
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...
Category
1810s Baltic Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Original 19th Century antique Biedermeier Sewing Table Lyra Legs Cherrywood
Located in Berlin, DE
Biedermeier work and sewing table
Cherry veneered 2 drawers. A pair of lyre feet on curly braces.
Plate have old wormholes but its not active.
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
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
Cherrywood Center Couch Table Biedermeier-Style, around 1910
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Round couch table from the time of Art Nouveau around 1910 in the style of Biedermeier in solid and veneer cheerywood. In good restored condition.
Category
Early 20th Century German Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
2 antique b & g bing & grøndahl plates. Hand painted with butterfly and insect.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
2 antique b & g bing & grøndahl plates. Hand painted with butterfly and insect.
Measures: 16.5 cm.
1860 / 70s.
In good condition. Wear on the gold.
1st. factory quality.
Category
1860s Danish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Gilt Biedermeier Mirror, France circa 1820
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
From France circa 1820 comes this fantastic gilt Biedermeier mirror. This breathtaking golden frame shows different gilding techniques like com...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Composition, Gold Leaf
Biedermeier Cabinet Bookcase, Austria, circa 1830
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Outstanding Biedermeier cabinet/ bookcase from the renowed Biedermeier era in Austria around 1830. Veneered in beautiful burr walnut and fine nut wood this slender antique cabinet ...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass, Fruitwood, Nutwood, Burl
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
Pair of Early 19th Century Vienna Biedermeier Pedestal Column Cabinets
Located in Charleston, SC
These unusual Biedermeier pedestals have a inset marble top. The column cabinets sit on a Hexadecagon that is highly figured veneer pedestal with ebonized highlights, creating a soph...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Nutwood Cheval Mirror Early Biedermeier Period, Austria, circa 1825
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Gorgeous large 19th century nutwood Cheval mirror from the early Biedermeier era circa 1825 in Vienna/ Austria, one of the world's epicenter of this famous period. Impressing with its dreamlike original condition - only the facet-cut mirror had to be renewed during restoration - the large deeply grooved frame floats between two artfully carved solid nut wood pillars, connected by two carved staffs...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Nutwood, Mirror
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...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch, Fir
Pair of Biedermeier Style Armchairs
Located in Troy, MI
Pair of Biedermeier style armchairs with clean, simple lines in lighter wood believed to be birch, circa 1930s. Seats have muslin cover and are ready to be upholstered in fabric of y...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Birch
Dutch Silver Spoon Box in Biedermeier Style with Mocca Spoons
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver spoon box in Biedermeier style with 10 mocca spoons
Silver spoon box on claw feet with beautiful engraving.
The spoon box has a red velvet i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Silver
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...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch
19th Century Biedermeier Cherrywood Side Table
Located in Darmstadt, DE
The side table is made of cherrywood veneer on a pinewood body, the table legs are solid cherrywood. A wonderful timeless design, dates back to the time of Biedermeier, circa 1820. T...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Pine, Cherry
Swedish Karl Johan Biedermeier Drop-Leaf Center Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Karl Johan drop-leaf center table of dark flame birch gracefully shaped pedestal base. Dimensions: 27.5" D x 30" H. When the leaves are down the table is 36" wide and when the leaves...
Category
1920s Swedish Vintage Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch
19th Century Late Biedermeier Cherrywood Sideboard from Switzerland
Located in Darmstadt, DE
The sideboard originates from Switzerland in the late Biedermeier period around 1850 (transition to historicism). The furniture was made of solid cherrywood. The backside is made of ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry, Spruce
Biedermeier Fauteuil de Bureau, Vienna, circa 1830
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An exquisite and unusual circa 1830 Austrian Biedermeier fauteuil de bureau or Schreibtischstuhl (desk chair) of bergère à oreilles form, having wal...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut, Upholstery
Dutch Silver Spoon Box in Biedermeier Style with Tea Spoons
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver spoon box in Biedermeier style with 6 tea spoons
Silver spoon box on claw feet with beautiful engraving.
The spoon box has a blue v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Silver
Grande Biedermeier Secrétaire
Located in New York, NY
A perfect example of the wealthy, elegant Biedermeier period, this impressive, secretary is veneered in flame mahogany and birch intarsia, with bone escutcheons, secret compartments,...
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1810s Scandinavian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
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...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Ash
19th Century Biedermeier Cherry Showcase Cabinet / Vitrine
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful one-door showcase cabinet, the body is made of pine wood with covered cherrywood veneer. The cabinet dates back to the Biedermeier period circa 1830. The glass is original ...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry, Pine
Lyra Sewing Table in Biedermeier Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Maple roots on solid pinewood. Literary Proven: “Biedermeier Möbel” by
Georg Himmelheber, 197, p.152.
Measures:
Width:62 cm,
Height:82 cm,
Depth:49 cm.
Category
20th Century German Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Side Table in antique Viennese Biedermeier Style marble top mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Mahogany on solid wood and partly boned. Round sheet with black-and-white solid marble slab, oversized frame and lyre-shaped curly legs on three-sided base plate and disc feet. This ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Original Biedermeier Sewing Table circa 1835 with Mahogany Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Mahogany on massive pine. Curved cover plate on column shaft ending in four curly feet.
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Decorative Oil Painting According to the 19th Century Style
Located in Berlin, DE
A dreamlike masterpiece inspired by the old masters of the Romantic period. Finely embraced in a magnificent silver plated wooden frame with numerous rocaille applications. Oil on ca...
Category
20th Century German Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Canvas
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
Austro-Hungarian Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wearing a layer of Austrian walnut root veneer, this secrétaire has a unique grain that one does not often see; it swirls and undulates across the surface drawing the eye along in a ...
Category
19th Century Hungarian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Antique Dining Room Chair Group, Set of 6
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Antique chair group consisting of 6 chairs. All chairs with newly upholstered seat and new cover.
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Cherry
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
19th Century German Biedermeier Walnut and Ebonized Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Very handsome German 19th century Biedermeier walnut commode. The piece has nice ebonized details and a beautiful finish. Ample storage as well!
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
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...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch, Pine, Nutwood
19th Century Biedermeier Ash Small Table, 1840-1849, Austria - Wien, Shellac
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Shipping to any US port only for $290 USD
Biedermeier table Austria, Vienna.
Completely restored.
Shellac polish.
Material: Ash.
We guarantee safe a the cheapest air transport fr...
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1840s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Ash, Lacquer, Wood
Biedermeier Sofa Walnut circa 1830 Cream Material with Yellow Flowers
Located in DE
Large Biedermeier sofa circa 1830 in a typical cream material with yellow flowers.
This beautiful cream sofa is made out of walnut. It is an elegant piece.
The Biedermeier period r...
Category
1830s 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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