Biedermeier Furniture
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.
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Glass, Cherry, Ebony, Softwood
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Maple, Spruce, Walnut
1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Bouclé, Cherry, Softwood
1850s Czech Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Glass, Wood, Walnut, Lacquer, Maple
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Cherry
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Mirror, Wood, Walnut
2010s Spanish Biedermeier Furniture
Pine
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Metal, Brass
1830s Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Cherry
1980s Vintage Biedermeier Furniture
Cherry, Walnut
20th Century American Biedermeier Furniture
Marble
1860s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Cherry
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Fabric, Walnut
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Iron, Gold Plate
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Cherry, Lacquer, Spruce
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Birch, Elm
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
1820s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Birch, Burl
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Birch
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Elm, Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
1950s Swedish Vintage Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
1980s German Vintage Biedermeier Furniture
Maple
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Upholstery, Walnut, Paint
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Glass, Mirror, Elm
Late 19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
Early 19th Century Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Upholstery, Walnut
1840s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Mahogany
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Maple, Oak
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Cherry
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Mirror, Mahogany
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
Late 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
Early 19th Century Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Cherry, Softwood
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Brass
1830s Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Cherry
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Brass
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Cherry
1850s Belgian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Upholstery, Mahogany
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Upholstery, Cherry
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Spruce, Birch
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Metal, Brass
1840s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Fruitwood
Early 19th Century Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Fruitwood
Early 20th Century European Biedermeier Furniture
Marble
2010s American Biedermeier Furniture
Wood
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Fruitwood, Cherry, Mirror
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Cherry
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Iron
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Brass
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Upholstery, Walnut
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Mirror, Wood, Fruitwood
19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Birch
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Walnut, Fabric
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Glass, Pine
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Ash