Biedermeier Console Tables
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.
1990s American Biedermeier Console Tables
Marble, Brass
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Nutwood, Spruce
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Cherry, Fruitwood
19th Century Italian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Burl
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Cherry
1830s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Marble
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Mahogany, Maple
20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Console Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Walnut
1830s Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Cherry
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century European Biedermeier Console Tables
Fruitwood
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Mahogany, Pine
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Mirror, Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Walnut
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century Spanish Biedermeier Console Tables
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Ash
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Elm, Walnut, Burl
Early 20th Century European Biedermeier Console Tables
Oak
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Mirror, Mahogany, Giltwood
1960s German Vintage Biedermeier Console Tables
Metal
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Mirror, Wood, Cherry
19th Century Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Bronze
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Walnut
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Walnut, Spruce
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Marble
18th Century Dutch Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Brass
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Marble
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Maple, Walnut
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Ebony
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Wood
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Cherry, Ebony
1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Maple, Walnut, Softwood
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Mahogany
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Iron
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Ash, Fruitwood
Early 20th Century European Biedermeier Console Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Cherry
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Ebony, Holly, Fruitwood, Mahogany
19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Wood
1810s German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Cherry, Spruce
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Cherry
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Cherry
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Cane, Cherry
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Mirror, Walnut
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Maple
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Marble, Gold Leaf
Late 19th Century Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Marble, Brass
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Mahogany
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Biedermeier Console Tables
Walnut