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Biedermeier Center Tables

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
Continental 19th Century Biedermeier St. Mahogany and Fruitwood Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative Continental early 19th century Biedermeier st. flamed Mahogany, Fruitwood, and ebonized Fruitwood tilt top center/dining table. The circular table is r...
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Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Fruitwood, Mahogany

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.
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19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Marble

Biedermeier Period 19th Century Pine Center Table with Round Top and Tripod Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Austrian Biedermeier period pine center table from the 19th century, with circular top, pedestal, tripod base and black ebonized spheres. Created in Austria during the Biedermeier...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Pine

Fine Biedermeier Center Table
Located in New York, NY
A fine Biedermeier center table. Cherrywood with ebonized fruitwood details and carved giltwood caryatids. Full restoration by us.
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1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Cherry, Ebony, Giltwood

Biedermeier Style Scroll Marquetry Burlwood Round Center Table
Located in Milford, NH
A beautifully crafted Biedermeier style burlwood round center table with contrasting decorative scroll marquetry on its top and out-swept triangular pedestal with tripod base and bun...
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20th Century European Biedermeier Center Tables

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Walnut, Burl

Biedermeier Mahogany Centre Table, Workshop Johannes Klinckerfuss, 1830
By David Roentgen
Located in Göttingen, NI
Biedermeier Mahogany Centre Table, Workshop of Johannes Klinckerfuss, 1830 Mahogany veneered with lightwood banding, with gabled frieze, on three scrolled legs and a trefoil base. ...
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1820s German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Mahogany

Austrian Biedermeier Mahogany and Black Marble Center Table
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (circa 1830) black round marble topped mahogany center table having a palm leaf support over a tripartite base on...
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1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Marble

Austrian Biedermeier Style Ebonized Center Table
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian (possibly Secessionist) (19/20th Century) ebonized oval center table with 4 fluted column legs and glass top and stretcher.
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19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Wood, Glass

Biedermeier Walnut Centre Hall Table with Ebonized Pedestal
Located in Hudson, NY
Biedermeier walnut centre hall table with ebonized pedestal with tilt top.
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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Walnut, Wood

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!
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Glass, Walnut

19th Century Fine Biedermeier Walnut Table. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
This stunning Biedermeier walnut pedestal table is a superb example of top-quality Viennese craftsmanship from circa 1825. Representing the essence of early 19th-century Austrian des...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Brass

19th Century Fine Biedermeier Walnut Table. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Viennese Biedermeier Walnut Pedestal Table – Vienna, c. 1825 We are proud to present a truly rare and exceptionally beautiful Biedermeier pedestal table, crafted in Vien...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Walnut

Biedermeier Satin Birch and Ebonised Centre Table
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Biedermeier Satin birch and ebonised centre table. This handsome centre table has a circular top of beautifully figured birch. It rests on s...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Birch

Center Biedermeier Desk
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Elegant Biedermeier desk with drawer, perfect as center table. Beautiful walnut wood, whose grains form a very interesting abstract design on the top. The drawer in the edge around...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Walnut

Fine & Rare 19th Century Mahogany Marquetry Biedermeier Style Center Hall Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and rare Biedermeier style 19th century mahogany marquetry center hall table, the circular top with conforming frieze above a tulip shaped shaft, raised on spheres above ...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Fruitwood, Mahogany

Biedermeier Cherry-Veneer and Ebonized Work Table, Early 19th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Fashionable South German Biedermeier cherry-veneer and ebonized work table / sewing table. Round cherry-veneered top surrounded by ebonized ring with a hinged door to access the green silk basket enclosed with in solid cherry lattice work. The legs are solid cherry with ebonized highlights. The table is published in "Biedermeier" by Angus Wilkie on page 29.
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Cherry

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. ...
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Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Brass

19th Century Biedermeier Style Drum Table
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Biedermeier Style Drum Table in burl walnut. Has 3 drawers.
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19th Century English Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Wood, Walnut, Burl

Swedish Karl Johan (Biedermeier), Drop-Leaf Center Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Karl Johan drop-leaf center table of red mahogany gracefully shaped pedestal base. Dimensions: 52.5" Wide when the leaves are up and 32" Wide when they are down 28.25" Deep 28.75" High
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Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Center Tables

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Mahogany

Austrian Biedermeier Walnut 1840s Table with Butterfly Veneer and Tripod Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Austrian Biedermeier period walnut center table from the mid 19th century, with butterfly veneered top, tripod base and scrolling feet. Created in Austria during the Biedermeier p...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Walnut

Antique table, Northern Europe, circa 1890.
Located in Chorzów, PL
A historic table from the end of the 19th century. Dimensions: height 75 cm / width 118 cm / depth. 84 cm
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1890s Unknown Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Walnut

19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Round Center Table with Spectacular Veneers
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Biedermeier fruitwood round center table with spectacular veneers, supported by a center pedestal with tripod cabriole legs attached to a triangular base stretcher. The table ...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Fruitwood

Biedermeier Table, 1830, Walnut
Located in Belmont, MA
This original Biedermeier table dates back to around 1830. It comes from Southern Germany. The table stands on a hexagonal column which rest on a trefoi...
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1830s Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Walnut

Outdoor Continental Style Marble Top Butcher's Table
Located in Queens, NY
Outdoor Continental French style (19/20th Century) white painted and red trimmed iron small butchers table with scroll design and white marble top.
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19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Marble

Austrian Biedermeier Cherrywood Round Center Table
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (19th Century) cherrywood round center table with 3 scroll legs and stretcher with brass finial.
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19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Brass

Austrian Biedermeier Maple Star Table
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (19th Century) maple & mahogany center table with an octagonal solid pedestal resting on a round platform base supporting an inlaid...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Mahogany, Maple

France Table Style, Biedermeier, 1847
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk style: Biedermeier Year 1847 If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All From Seller'. And you can see more objects to the ...
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1840s French Antique Biedermeier Center Tables

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Wood

Biedermeier center tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Biedermeier center tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage center tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, hardwood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Biedermeier center tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, Austria, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original center tables, popular names associated with this style include and Gregg Lipton. 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 center tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,340 and tops out at $61,159 while the average work can sell for $10,088.

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