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 Cherry Psyche / Table Mirror
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful Biedermeier psyche / table mirror from around 1830. The psyche is made of cherrywood (solid and veneer). The mirror is rotatable and there is a drawer in the base. In very ...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
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...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Pair of Biedermeier Turned Wood Lamps, circa 1920s
By Laura Ashley
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Elegant pair of large, turned wood (probably mahogany and ebony) lamps, fitted with stripy green, cream and gold trim Laura Ashley shades.
Category
Early 20th Century French Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
Biedermeier Sewing-or Working Table, Munich, 1810-1820, cherry wood
Located in Belmont, MA
Original outstanding Biedermeier sewing- or working table, Munich 1810-1820. Cherry wood veneer embellishes this beautiful table.
The top is divide...
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1810s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
20th Century Biedermeier Style Pinewood Columns Commode
Located in Berlin, DE
Columns commode in Biedermeier style.
Maple roots on solid pinewood.
(D-Sam-43a).
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Maple, Pine
Swedish Biedermeier Style Black and Gold Star Bench
Located in New York, NY
Swedish Biedermeier style (20th Century) black lacquered bench with side arms and black upholstered seat with gold star design.
Category
20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century Biedermeier Folding Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Unique Biedermeier folding table, circa 1830.
Veneer on solid wood. Veneer framed in thread and stripes. Turned on both sides turned columns ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Maple
Chest of Drawers Biedermeier from 1840
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
We present very good condition, elegant and functional Chest of Drawers Vienna (Austria), made of walnut tree from 1840.
(Biedermeier was a style in the art, literature , music a...
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1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Set of 2 Chairs Mahogany antique Late Biedermeier circa 1860
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid wood mahogany. Beautiful set of 2 chairs from the late Biedermeier period. Curved legs.
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Seating Set Biedermeier, Sofa and Two Armchairs, 1870s
Located in Budapest, HU
Beautiful Biedermeier seating set consisting of a sofa and two armchairs. Extraordinary workmanship of the woods made according to the canons of the time.
Measures sofa: Depth 75...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Pair of Mahogany German Biedermeier Chairs, New Wickerwork Pedig
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Set of Biedermeier chairs, two pieces.
Completely restored, new wickerwork pedig included.
Source: Germany
Period: 1830-1839
Shellac-polish.
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Category
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Lacquer, Wicker
German Biedermeier Mahogany Secretary
Located in New York, NY
German Biedermeier (circa 1820) mahogany secretary cabinet with Corinthian columns on top and bottom section and a centered drop front revealing a...
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Biedermeier Giltwood Three-Light Sconces
Located in Buchanan, MI
A pair of Biedermeier giltwood three-light sconces. Measures: Height 12 1/2 x width 17 inches.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century Czech Biedermeier Chair, Czech - Bohemia, Cherry tree, 1820 - 1829
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Biedermeier chair
Completely restored, new fabric and upholstery included.
Source: Czechia (Bohemia)
Material: Cherry tree
Period: 1820-1829
Shellac-polish.
We guarantee safe a the ...
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1820s Czech Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Lacquer, Upholstery, Cherry
20th Century Marble Top Walnut Console Table with Drawer
Located in Miami, FL
Walnut console table with four curved legs united by an urn stretcher beneath a marble top.
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Pair of Walnut Austrian Biedermeier Chairs, Wien, Period 1810-1819
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Set of Biedermeier chairs, two pieces.
Completely restored.
Source: Austria, Wien
Period: 1810-1819
Shellac-polish.
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Category
1810s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
Austrian Biedermeier Bookcase
Located in Hudson, NY
This very fine bookcase is in excellent condition and has great color and style. The book case has four shelves and can work for books or as pictured hear as a display cabinet for ob...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Danish Biedermeier Bureau Secretary Desk
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This early 19th century mahogany Biedermeier secretary bureau was made in two sections, circa 1830. The top section has a superstructure with a straight cornice over a pair of serpen...
Category
19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Period Biedermeier Chest of Drawers or Commode
Located in Houston, TX
Period Biedermeier chest of drawers or commode.
Handsome period Biedermeier three-drawer chest of drawers or commode with beautiful patina retaining...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Biedermeier Unique Bohemian Black Candlestick, Czechia 1850-1859
Located in Horomerice, CZ
19th century Biedermeier unique candlestick
Color: Black
Source: Czech Republic
Period: 1850-1859.
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1850s Czech Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century, Biedermeier Cherry Ladies Desk / Side Table
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful little Biedermeier solid cherrywood desk or side table from the time of the Biedermeier, circa 1830. In the middle there is a drawer. In very...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
Biedermeier Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
A petite chest of drawers, crafted of solid mahogany and fir, the piece is veneered with light mahogany with birch banding and marquetry. Bone escutcheons line the keyholes. The lock...
Category
1850s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch
Austrian Biedermeier Marble Topped Console Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This finely crafted console is Austrian, circa 1830-1840. Designed as a flat mahogany surface richly inlaid in holly, fruitwood, and ebony the piece is further worked by careful sand...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Ebony, Holly, Fruitwood, Mahogany
19th Century German Biedermeier Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century German burr elm Biedermeier cabinet. Two sections, both fitted with shelves and an old white washed interior. Original hardware and l...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut, Pine
Biedermeier Carafe and Glass Goblet
Located in Wien, AT
Biedermeier carafe and glass goblet
Stopper is missing
Glass goblet:
Height 11cm
Diameter 7cm.
Category
1840s Czech Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vertico Softwood and Walnut Venner in the Biedermeier Style Circa 1850
Located in Opole, PL
Vertico Softwood and Walnut Venner in the Biedermeier Style Circa 1850
Furniture in the form of a vertical cabinet with a simple, austere design. A two-door body with a top drawer i...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
Basket Chandelier in antique Biedermeier Classicist Style brass gilt
Located in Berlin, DE
Engraved bronze. Basket formed corpus. Adorned with classicist basket- form.
Measures:
Height:100 cm,
diameter:85.5 cm.
Category
20th Century French Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Danish Pine Bow Front Four-Door Cabinet with Original Red Paint
Located in Round Top, TX
The great appeal of this remarkable cabinet is largely due to the original brick red paint, which has been scraped leaving a soft, raw feel to the finish. The six turned columns were...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paint, Wood
19th Century Biedermeier Oil Painting by Alex Hoenig
Located in Berlin, DE
Motif man reading a local ad. Oil on mahogany plate. Stylized gold frame.
Measures in cm:
with frame
Height: 40 cm
Width: 34 cm
without frame
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 15.5 c...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Biedermeier Dining Room Set, One Table, Two Armchairs, Two Chairs
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Very nice table set consisting of a table, two chairs and two armchairs. All chairs are upholstered according to the traditional style by hand with belts and springs. The whole set i...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
Silver Viennese Two Biedermeier Candlesticks by Albert Kattner dated 1857
By Albert Kattner 1
Located in Vienna, AT
Gorgeous Viennese Silver Pair of Tall Candlesticks of finest manufacturing quality as well as of most elegant appearance.
These candlesticks were made during VIENNESE LATER BIEDE...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Silver
Set of Four Antique Biedermeier Figured Birch Side Dining Chairs C1900
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Set of four Biedermeier style side chairs.
Category
20th Century American Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch
Shabby Chic Caucasian Rug Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Pillow made from a 19th century distressed Caucasian rug.
1'4'' x 2'
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Foam
Austrian Biedermeier Style Ebonized Center Table
Located in New York, 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
Charles 'X' Secretaire
Located in Sheffield, MA
Burled elm charles 'X' drop front secretary (secrétaire à abattant) with black marble top with white vains, drop door revealing a leather covered writing table...
Category
19th Century English Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Marble
Set of 4 Swedish Biedermeier Lyre Maple Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 Swedish Biedermeier (19/20th Cent) maple side chairs with green painted and gilt trimmed carved lyre and cross arrow design back and upholstered seat.
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Biedermeier Benches, France, 1840
Located in Greding, DE
A pair of Biedermeier benches with intricate carvings, half round armrests and pillars on the sides with acanthus leaves. In the middle of the backre...
Category
1840s French Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19th C Biedermeier Antique Elegant Cupboard Wardrobe Solid Fir Polished to Wax
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Austrian Viennese, mid-19th century, Biedermeier elegant cupboard wardrobe solid fir , restored and polished to wax
The cabinet has a beautiful patina, like a piece of 1700, confusi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fir
Seating Set Biedermeier, Sofa and Two Armchairs, 1870s
Located in Budapest, HU
Elegant Biedermeier seating set consisting of a sofa and two armchairs. Extraordinary workmanship of the woods made according to the canons of the time.
Measures sofa:
Depth 75...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
20th Century Biedermeier Style Palisander Veneer Corner Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
Palisander mirrored- veneer on solid pinewood. Partially ebonized. Cambered one-doored corpus flanked by full columns.
(O-Sam-4).
Category
20th Century German Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Palisander, Pine
Mid 19th Century Swedish Table, Worktable, Biedermeier, inlaid Burl Elm walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Description: antique Swedish console table inlaid burl elm and walnut. Large drawer, central leg and moved four feet. Inlays in the neo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Elm, Walnut, Burl
20th Century Biedermeier Style Rotunda Cupboard
Located in Berlin, DE
20th Century Biedermeier Style Rotunda Cupboard
Rotunda cupboard in Biedermeier style.
Tulip Veneer on solid pinewood, partially ebonized.
(G-Sam-70).
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of Swedish Biedermeier Gilt Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Swedish Biedermeier birch open Armchairs with a green painted & parcel gilt double swan splat back and upholstered seat (19th Century)
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Biedermeier Clothes Cabinet Classicism, Cherrywood, circa 1810
Located in Berlin, DE
Impressive two-door plank cabinet, south German (Munich) solid cherry tree. Partial root wood and ebonized. Pyrography. Original key and lock available.
(O-249).
Category
1810s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
20th Century Biedermeier Style Etagere Shelves
Located in Berlin, DE
20th Century Biedermeier Style Etagere Shelves
Venner on solid pinewood. Partially gilded.
(O-Sam-71)
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Pine
Austrian Biedermeier Danhauser Walnut Architects Desk
Located in New York, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (circa 1825) walnut veneered & maple trimmed architects desk with column design legs and 2 drawers with hinged top that lifts up...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Maple, Walnut
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
Austrian Biedermeier Walnut Tilt Top Center Table
Located in New York, 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
Viennese Silver Money Box/Piggy Bank Austrian Biedermeier Dated 1856
By Carl Adolf Kohl
Located in Vienna, AT
AUSTRIAN SILVER MONEY BOX / PIGGY BANK
Biedermeier Late Period / dated 1856
EXCELLENTLY MADE LIDDED MONEY BOX STANDING ON SQUARE PLANE BOT...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
19th Century Russian Biedermeier Cherrywood Settee
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a graceful Russian cherrywood Biedermeier settee with a cresting top rail containing centred ebonized oval over upholstered back and seat flanked by fully padded arms above c...
Category
1830s Russian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Cherry
Antique Swedish Karl Johan, Biedermeier Lyre Pedestal Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Magnificent crotch mahogany period Karl Johan (Biedermeier) lyre-shaped pedestal base table. Originally handcrafted as a sewing table, today it makes a wonderful end or side table.
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Biedermeier Picture Clock with Musical Movement, Austria, circa 1825
Located in Incline Village, NV
These painting clocks are very rare, especially containing the music box. Of Austrian manufacture circa 1820-1830, this Biedermeier picture (painting) clock is a naive and charming oil painting on metal, which depicts nine people dressed in colorful period clothes at various activities; a woman with her child and carrying fruit in a basket atop her head, two young lovers, a man in a boat, another man walking with his dog, while still another gentleman leaves the town hall. A woman at the window...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Metal
Austrian Biedermeier Cupboard/Bar Cabinet in Cherrywood with Vitrine, c. 1820
Located in Miami, FL
An Austrian Biedermeier cupboard in cherrywood with carved, open fretwork gallery, with ebonized details above crown molding. Arched Gothic style tracery work on interior of glass do...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
Pair of Austrian Biedermeier Cherrywood End Tables
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Austrian Biedermeier (19th Century) cherrywood rectangular end tables with a gallery top and a drawer with a center shelf supported on a platform base. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Austro-Hungarian Chest of Drawers in Walnut Root Veneer
Located in Woodbury, CT
The handsome lines of this chest augment its wonderful proportions with drawers flanking the center drop down writing surface. Deeper than the two below, the top drawer is supported ...
Category
19th Century Hungarian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut, Pine, Burl
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
19th Century Biedermeier End Table or Wine Table, in Mahogany on Pedestal Base
Located in Miami, FL
Perfect side table or wine table next to a chair of sofa. A very beautifully-proportioned and handsome Empire/Biedermeier sewing table that would have been used for needlework in an ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
19th Century Biedermeier Chairs Solid Mahogany
Located in Berlin, DE
Mahogany solid wood. Beautiful set of four chairs from the late Biedermeier period. Curved legs. wicker.
(C-132)
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
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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