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 Small Oval Biedermeier Side Table. Vienna, c. 1830.
Located in Vienna, AT
We are proud to present a small oval Viennese Biedermeier side table, crafted in Vienna around 1830, representing the refined aesthetic and superb craftsmanship of the early 19th cen...
Walnut
Biedermeier Italian Walnut Inlay Marquetry Octagonal Tripod Sofa or Side Table
Located in Carimate, Como
A beautiful Italian Walnut octagonal side table with great details and frames shaped in Biedermeier style with beautiful inlay decors in classic figures on the top and all around the...
Wood
Biedermeier Birch Sofa Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Biederemier birch drop leaf sofa table, circa 1835. With a rectangular birch top with two drop leaves, a drawer in the frieze, an ebonized pedestal and four down swept feet. The birc...
Birch, Pine, Lacquer
Biedermeier Italian Walnut Inlay Marquetry Octagonal Tripod Sofa or Side Table
Located in Carimate, Como
A beautiful Italian Walnut octagonal side table with great details and frames shaped in Victorian, Napoleon III, Louis XV style with beautiful inlay decors in classic figures on the ...
Wood
19th Century Continental Biedermeier Period Figured Maple Table
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce elegant and most distinctive Biedermeier Period (1815-1848) highly figured maple table. Hand-made in Continental Europe in the early/mid-19th...
Birdseye Maple, Maple, Burl
$2,650Sale Price|23% Off
Antique 19th-Century Biedermeier Cherry Salon Table
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This beautiful salon table before us is a true masterpiece. It hails from the Biedermeier period around 1830 in Germany and is crafted from solid cherry wood. This type of wood is no...
Spruce, Cherry
19th Century burr birch biedermeier sofa table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Superb quality biedermeier period sofa table circa 1825. Beautifully made from burr birch, giving it strong grains and colour. Drop down flaps provide a overall length of just over...
Birch
A Biedermeier Burr Maple and Amaranth Sofa Table Mid-19th Century
Located in London, GB
A Biedermeier Burr Maple and Amaranth Sofa Table. Mid-19th Century the Rectangular Canted Top and Conforming Frieze With Tablets to Each Side on Sabre Legs 75cm High, 117cm Wide, 6...
Maple
$6,900
H 19.69 in W 16.54 in D 13.78 in
contemporary Side Table in Italian Calacatta viola marble, Atlas side table
Located in 中西區, HK
This futuristic sculptural work takes its name after the young titan of the Greek mythology Fated to sustain the pillars that separated the Earth from Heaven. Design: Adolfo Abejon ...
Marble
Italian Walnut Marquetry Inlay Side Table, 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A small two-drawer walnut side table with exceptional marquetry inlaid design, and having wonderful presence and style. Recently refinished and conditioned. In remarkable antique con...
Walnut
$4,621Sale Price|20% Off
H 30.52 in W 64.18 in D 43.71 in
19th Century Biedermeier Oval Dining Table in Solid Cherrywood, circa 1830
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Elegant oval dining table from the late Biedermeier period, made in southern Germany around 1830. The table features a finely grained solid cherrywood top with a warm, honey-colored ...
Cherry
Biedermeier Fruitwood and Ash Side Table, Early 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Biedermeier early 19th century side table in ash and fruitwood with concave formed top, drawer in frieze and lower shelf joined by tapered splayed legs.
Ash, Fruitwood
Handmade Nicole Side Table by Stuart Scott, Oiled Walnut & Brass
By Stuart Scott
Located in Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Turned by hand and using both solid and veneered timber, the Nicole Side Table has a simple but graphically striking Silhouette punctuated by the met...
Walnut
$2,065 / item
H 23.63 in W 19.3 in D 19.3 in
Nature inspired walnut veneer cast brass Alentejo side table by InsidherLand
By InsidherLand, Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
Alentejo side table is a glimpse over the South of Portugal where thousands of cork oaks trees raise their canopies to the sky. Resembling the typ...
Brass, Metal
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Walnut Table. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
This exceptional Biedermeier walnut table, crafted in Vienna circa 1825, epitomizes the elegance and sophistication of the era. Viennese Biedermeier pieces are renowned for their imp...
Walnut
$2,704 / item
H 21.66 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Natural organic shape walnut & oak brass Arizona side table by InsidherLand
By Joana Santos Barbosa, InsidherLand
Located in Maia, Porto
In the remote location of Coyote Buttes lies one of Arizona’s treasures. The absolutely surreal undulating patterns of ‘The Wave’ inspired the creation of the Arizona side table...
Oak, Walnut, Wood
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Walnut Table. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Biedermeier Walnut Table – Vienna, c. 1825 Authentic Austrian Craftsmanship from the Heart of the Biedermeier Period We are pleased to offer an exquisite Biedermeier wal...
Walnut
$5,800Sale Price|29% Off
H 23.75 in Dm 26.75 in
Vintage Art Deco Side Table, Handcrafted Walnut with Mirrored Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A round, vintage Art Deco French side, sofa table made of hand crafted polished Walnut, in good condition. The small detailed end table is composed with its original mirrored glass t...
Mirror, Walnut
20th Century Vienna Biedermeier Style Salon Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Maple roots on solid pinewood. Literary Proven” Empire and Biedermeiermöbel“ by Renate Müller 1995 p. 132. (G-Sam-2).
Wood, Maple, Pine
$7,016Sale Price / set|60% Off
H 27.17 in W 25.99 in D 21.66 in
Pair English Georgian 18th Century Revival Leather Inset Drop Leaf Sofa Tables
Located in London, GB
A pair of fine quality Georgian 18th century Sheraton Revival drop sofa tables with leather inset tops. Constructed in Mahogany with Satinwood...
Leather, Satinwood
19th century burr birch Biedermeier sofa table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Superb quality Biedermeier period sofa table circa 1825. Beautifully made from burr birch, giving it strong grains and colour. Drop down flaps provide a overall length of just over...
Birch
19th century burr birch Biedermeier sofa table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Superb quality biedermeier period sofa table circa 1825. Beautifully made from burr birch, giving it strong grains and colour. Drop down flaps provide a overall length of just over...
Birch
Antique Biedermeier Table, c. 1840-1850
Located in Ross, CA
Antique Biedermeier sofa table which can also be used as a desk or occasional table. The table is made of cherry wood veneer over a pine base, it has curving supports connected by a...
Wood
Art Nouveau Rectangular CherryWood Austrian Sofa Table, 1900
Located in Roma, Lazio
Art Nouveau sofa table, from the rich and elaborate forms. Completely veneered in cherrywood, with the top that has a darker wood inlay along the perimeter of the rectangular top, its edge ends up as a sharp corner. Even the sofa table band...
Cherry
Pair of Period Biedermeier Occasional 'Side' Tables
Located in Dallas, TX
A handsome pair of period biedermeier occasional (side) tables. With a shelf just under the top. A small leather upholstered drink top can be pulled out with small steel knobs. Toole...
Birdseye Maple
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H 29.75 in W 25 in D 48.75 in
Golden Birch Biedermeier Drop-Leaf Pedestal Swedish Writing or Sofa Table
By Karl Johan
Located in Chattanooga, TN
The possibilities are endless for this Swedish made Bierdermeier drop-leaf table. Perfect for a writing desk, dry bar, center table, sofa table, entryway table, console table, or tea table just to name a few. The honey colored birch is almost iridescent and shimmers with tiger-striped tones that mimic the look of olive burl wood. Hand-carved wood claw feet flow into a polished, round pedestal base that supports the drop-leaf table. Mirror finished on both sides, a large pull...
Birch
19th Century burr birch Biedermeier sofa table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Superb quality Biedermeier period sofa table circa 1825. Beautifully made from burr birch, giving it strong grains and colour. Drop down flaps provide a o...
Birch
Early 19th C. Biedermeier Sofa Table/Desk With Lyre-Form Trestle Base
Located in Morristown, NJ
Early 19th c., Biedermeier cherrywood and banded rectangular desk/sofa table. The top is above a single drawer with center brass crest key escutcheon on lyre-form trestle base joined...
Wood
Biedermeier Folding Table, Northern Europe, circa 1860
Located in Chorzów, PL
Biedermeier clapper table, Northern Europe, circa 1860. Very good condition. After renovation Dimensions: height 73 cm, length 83 cm / unfolded 135 cm 68 cm.
Walnut
Antique Swedish Satin Birch Biedermeier Sofa Table
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique Swedish drop leaf sofa table in satin birch, dating from around the 1880-1900 period. The quality is outstanding, this is beautifully designed and is a fantasti...
Birch
19th Century Burr Birch Biedermeier Sofa Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Superb quality Biedermeier period sofa table circa 1825. Beautifully made from burr birch, giving it strong grains and colour. Drop down flaps provide a overall length of just ove...
Birch
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H 29.14 in W 50.79 in D 26.78 in
Antique Biedermeier Swedish Birch Ormolu Mounted Sofa Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stylish antique Swedish birch Biedermeier sofa table with ebonized detail, circa 1820 in date. The table features a rectangular top w...
Ormolu