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.
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Birch
Mid-20th Century American Biedermeier Side Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Metal
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Czech Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Lacquer, Walnut
1860s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Cherry
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Yew, Lacquer
20th Century German Biedermeier Side Tables
Maple
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Birdseye Maple
1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Amboyna
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Marble
20th Century Biedermeier Side Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Czech Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Ash, Lacquer
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Hungarian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Brass
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Biedermeier Side Tables
Fruitwood
Late 19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Brass
20th Century German Biedermeier Side Tables
Maple
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany
1820s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Birch, Antler
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany
20th Century Italian Biedermeier Side Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Pine, Walnut, Fruitwood
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Stone, Metal, Brass
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Spruce, Cherry
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Cherry
1830s European Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany
1850s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Birch
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Pine, Cherry
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Fruitwood
1840s Czech Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Wood, Lacquer, Cherry
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Cherry
1810s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Cherry
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Wood
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Cherry
19th Century Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Cherry
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Maple, Walnut
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Wood
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Biedermeier Side Tables
Marble
1860s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Russian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Fruitwood, Birch
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
18th Century Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Wood
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany
1880s French Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
1890s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
1870s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Mahogany
1880s Scandinavian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Side Tables
Gold Leaf