Biedermeier 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 Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Biedermeier Tables
Brass
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mirror, Wood, Cherry
2010s Spanish Biedermeier Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry, Fruitwood
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Iron
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Elm, Walnut
1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Nutwood
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Biedermeier Tables
Brass
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Iron
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1970s American Vintage Biedermeier Tables
Brass
1810s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Maple, Oak
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Upholstery, Walnut
1860s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Biedermeier Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Upholstery, Cherry, Walnut
1890s French Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry, Ebony, Softwood
1810s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1990s American Biedermeier Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1870s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Brass
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Wood, Lacquer, Cherry
1830s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry
20th Century American Biedermeier Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Maple, Spruce, Walnut
1820s Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry, Walnut
20th Century American Biedermeier Tables
Walnut, Burl
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Wood, Burl
20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry, Softwood
Early 19th Century Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry, Softwood
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Softwood, Cherry, Glass
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Velvet, Cherry, Softwood
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Birch
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Ebony, Walnut
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Birch, Elm
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Metal
20th Century German Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Tables
Fruitwood
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany, Pine
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry
1810s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1820s Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry, Softwood
1810s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Metal
Mid-19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Upholstery, Walnut
Mid-19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Tables
Oak, Pine, Cherry
1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Fruitwood
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany, Maple
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century European Biedermeier Tables
Fruitwood
20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Tables
Wood