Biedermeier Side 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.
19th Century American Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Bronze
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Birch
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Cherry, Nutwood
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Maple, Spruce, Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Cherry
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Baltic Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Ash, Fruitwood
1860s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Cherry
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Brass
20th Century American Biedermeier Side Tables
Marble
Early 20th Century French Biedermeier Side Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Nutwood, Spruce
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Wood, Mahogany
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Metal
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Elm, Cherry
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Wood
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Pine
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Birch
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut, Wood
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Cherry
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Spruce, Cherry
Early 19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Birch
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Elm, Walnut, Burl
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Metal, Brass
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Nutwood
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Iron
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Giltwood, Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Cherry
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
1890s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany
1820s Slovak Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Wood
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
1820s Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Cherry, Softwood
1890s Norwegian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Cherry, Walnut
1890s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Birch
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Cherry
20th Century German Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Velvet, Cherry, Softwood
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Wood, Glass
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany