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.
Antique Swedish Biedermeier Coffee / Side Table
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique Swedish Biedermeier coffee / occasional table, dating from around the 1840’s period. It is beautifully made from burr birch and ebonised solid wood. The square to...
Birch
Antique Swedish Biedermeier Style Satin Birch Desk
Located in London, GB
A wonderful antique Swedish Biedermeier style satin birch desk, dating from around the 1900-1910 period. The quality is superb, this is extremely well built and is beautifully desig...
Satin Birch
19th c. Austrian Biedermeier Walnut Sewing Table
Located in Charleston, SC
An Exceptional Early 19th c. all Original Austrian Biedermeier Sewing Table c.1820 with Walnut Veneers over Pine. One Drawer Table w/Outstanding Shield Shaped Pedestals above Splayed...
Hardwood
19th Century Marquetry Side Table/ Pillar Cabinet, Cherrywood, Austria ca. 1800
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Lovely, compact 19th century pillar cabinet or side table from the so-called "Josephinism" period (1780 - 1800) in Austria. Made around 1800, this eye-catching charming pillar cabine...
Brass
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Empire Style Table Walnut Center Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Elegant 19th century Austrian Biedermeier Empire style walnut center table with black glass top. Very fine finish on this piece and a classic style!
Glass, Walnut
$1,032Sale Price|40% Off
Biedermeier Decorative Thread Table with Marquetry Details, France, circa 1820
Located in Wrocław, Poland
Decorative table, so-called thread table in the Biedermeier style. The furniture has been subjected to very delicate and professional restoration. The origin country is France. The p...
Wood
19th Century Mahogany Wood Pair of Biedermeier Console Tables
Located in High Point, NC
This piece presents as a cabinet, distinguished by dark mahogany, carved shell/scroll motif. It was made in France during 19th Century, a lineage that shows clearly in its detailing....
Mahogany
19th Century Biedermeier Folding Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Unique Biedermeier folding table, circa 1830. Veneer on solid wood. Veneer framed in thread and stripes. Turned on both sides turned columns...
Wood, Maple
Pair of Continental Biedermeier Style One Drawer One Door Side Tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of Continental 19th century Biedermeier st. burl walnut, ormolu and marble one drawer one door side tables. Each small table is raised ...
Marble, Ormolu
Lyra Sewing Table in antique Biedermeier Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Ash root on solid conifers. Straight, bipedal base on lyre-shaped, perforated cheeks with metal sides. Underneath pull-out woollen drawer. Four-sided base plate. Top drawer with comp...
Birdseye Maple
19th Century Mahogany Biedermeier Console with Mirror
By Biedermeier
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A super Biedermeier cabinet with single drawer and cupboard with matching pier mirror, excellent colour and condition.
Mahogany
19th Century antique Historical Ladies Desk english Mahogany 1860-1880
Located in Berlin, DE
Mahogany on solid conifers. High knee pocket on the front with finely worked drawers, slightly protruding top plate, on high and fine-edged ball-shaped columns. Finally perforated ga...
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Biedermeier Cherrywood Ladies Desk, Germany
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This elegant ladies desk dates from the early Biedermeier period around 1820 and was made in Germany. Crafted primarily from solid cherrywood, the desk reflects the restrained and fu...
Cherry, Softwood
Biedermeier Style Blond Chess Board Game Table w/ 4 Matching Chairs Set MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Biedermeier Style Blond Chess Board Game Table w/ 4 Matching Chairs Set MINT!
Beech, Satinwood
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Walnut Desk. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Walnut Biedermeier Desk – Vienna, circa 1825 We are pleased to present this outstanding Biedermeier desk, crafted in beautifully figured walnut – a superb example of top...
Brass
19th Century Biedermeier Writing Desk/ Side Table, Nutwood, Austria circa 1830
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Rare, beautifully restored 19th century Biedermeier writing desk out of Austria veneered in fine nutwood/ walnut. Artfully crafted in the period around 1830 in Vienna, this one of a ...
Brass
Biedermeier Walnut Tilt-Top Center Table, circa 1830/40
Located in New York, NY
Biedermeier salon table with a tilting top and an exceptional vase-shaped pedestal resting on a multi-lobed base. The table is veneered in walnut and has been hand-polished.
Walnut
Elegant Sewing Table in antique Biedermeier Style Maple veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Ash root on solid beech. On strongly curved, over corner standing legs, connected by slightly intervening intermediate compartment. Outstanding saber-sha...
Maple
Antique Biedermeier Style Satinwood Drop Leaf Table W/ Ebonized Pedestal & Paws
By Biedermeier
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an antique Continental Biedermeier style drop leaf work table. The top is banded with satinwood. The pedestals and paws ate Ebonized. The piece has a single dovetailed drawer...
Ebony, Satinwood
Restored Biedermeier Cherry-Tree Round Table, Detailed Marquetry, France, 1850s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Restored Biedermeier Cherry-Tree Round Table. Uniquely extensive and detailed marquetry. Original polish. Brass wheels. Source: France Period: 1850-1859 Material: Cherry tree,...
Wood, Maple, Lacquer, Cherry, Satinwood
19th Century Oval Biedermeier Side Table, Nutwood , Hungary circa 1835
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Elegant, oval shaped Biedermeier nutwood side table / sewing table coming from the famous Biedermeier period in Hungary around 1835. With an age of over 190 years this charming "danu...
Brass
$6,240Sale Price|20% Off
Early Biedermeier Period Walnut Console Table with Drawer, Austria, circa 1830
Located in Miami, FL
Absolute unique walnut wall console table artfully made in the early Biedermeier period circa 1830 in Austria. Made with finest walnut veneer, this rare console table features a hidd...
Walnut
$1,809Sale Price / set|20% Off
20th-Century Biedermeier Set of Console Table and Mirror
Located in Opole, PL
20th-Century Biedermeier Set of Console Table and Mirror We present you this console table & wall mirror, set the in Biedermeier style. It was made in the 1960s. The console feature...
Metal
Biedermeier chest of drawers
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Biedermeier-style chest of drawers from 1900, restored and in very good condition.
Walnut
Biedermeier Style Dining Table with Marble
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biedermeier dining table with bird's-eye maple veneer and Carrara marble. Could be used in a library, as an entry table, dining table or even a desk. This piece of art has an acanthu...
Carrara Marble
Ancient secretary, Northern Europe, turn of the 19th centuries.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Stylish secretary from the mid-19th century in mahogany wood. Antique furniture with a more beautiful form will add elegance to any interior. Interesting desk - a desk that focuses o...
Mahogany
Biedermeier Birch Drop-Leaf Sofa Table
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
54.5" wide with sides up. 38.25" wide with sides down. 25.25" deep. 30" high This is an elegant Biedermeier-style figured birch drop-leaf sofa table, distinguished by its clean arch...
Birch
Table Mirror, Makeup / Vanity Mirror, Late Biedermeier, Around 1850, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Very decorative table mirror / makeup mirror with swivel mechanism, an original of the Biedermeier peroid, around 1850, made in Austria. The corpus is made out of root ash, a very ...
Mirror, Ash, Maple
$13,500 / set
Pair Of Biedermeier Walnut Console Tables
Located in Essex, MA
With later rectangular Portola marble tops with rounded front corners over a drawer and with reverse S curved legs joining a lower shelf. Acorn feet. Provenance ; ILiad Antik. NYC. K...
Marble
19th Century Biedermeier Cherry Console Side Table. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
Hello, This exceptional Viennese Biedermeier cherry console side table was made circa 1825. Viennese Biedermeier is distinguished by their sophisticated proportions, rare and refine...
Cherry
19th Century Fine Salon Biedermeier Table. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
This exceptional and generously proportioned early Viennese Biedermeier table, crafted in Vienna circa 1825, represents the highest level of craftsmanship achieved during the formati...
Walnut
John Widdicomb Biedermeier Style Brass Mounted Mahogany Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A like new late 20th Century John Widdicomb Biedermeier Style Brass Mounted Mahogany Side Table. Measures 30.5" in width , 23" on depth, 28.25" in height.
Brass
$2,597Sale Price|20% Off
South German Biedermeier Cherrywood Side Table with Drawer, circa 1820
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Charming Biedermeier side table from around 1820, made of cherrywood veneer on a pine body with solid cherry legs. The table impresses with its clear proportions and warm tone, chara...
Pine, Cherry
Antique Swedish Karl Johan, Biedermeier Lyre Pedestal Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Magnificent crotch mahogany period Karl Johan (Biedermeier) lyre-shaped pedestal base table. Originally handcrafted as a sewing table, today it makes a wonderful end or side table.
Mahogany
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Walnut Table. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Viennese Biedermeier Lyre Desk, circa 1825 This rare and substantial single-drawer table desk is an outstanding example of early Viennese Bieder...
Walnut
$2,320Sale Price|31% Off
Early 19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Flower Stand, circa 1830
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This early 19th century Biedermeier flower stand is a refined and elegant example of the restrained design language typical of the period. Crafted around 1830, the piece is walnut ve...
Walnut
Restored Classicist Small Table, Yew-Tree, Revived Polish, Italy, 1810s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This elegant small table dates back to the 1810s and was manufactured in Italy, where it represents a highly representative and craft-wise valuable example of Neoclassical furniture ...
Yew, Lacquer, Wood
Hand-Painted Biedermeier Style Iron Café Table, 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
4 Outdoor (20th Century) painted iron cafe tables with small triangular base and 3 tiers on pedestal. (PRICED EACH)
Iron
Austrian Biedermeier 1840s Walnut Desk with Three Drawers and Ebonized Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Biedermeier period walnut desk from the mid-19th century, with three drawers and blond patina. Created in Austria during the second quarter of the 19th century, this Biedermeier wa...
Walnut
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Ebonized Table. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Viennese Biedermeier Writing Table, circa 1825 This exquisite Viennese Biedermeier writing table, crafted circa 1825, is a rare and refined example of early 19th-century...
Pearwood
19th Century Biedermeier Wall Console/ Side Table, Cherrywood, AT circa 1860
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Very appealing mid 19th century cherrywood Console Table from the second Biedermeier period around 1860 in Austria. Veneered in fine cherrywood this perfect restored Biedermeier cons...
Cherry, Spruce
Swedish Biedermeier Mahogany Dressing Table, circa 1820
Located in Kastrup, DK
Swedish biedermeier / late empire mahogany mirrored dressing table. Swing mirror supported by gilt fluted columns, lyre shaped pedestal on brass ball feet. Sweden, circa 1820.
Bronze
Antique Swedish, Karl Johan 'Biedermeier' Oval Center Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Swedish Karl Johan (Biedermeier) center or side table in mahogany. Oval top, gracefully shaped pedestal base, can be used as a center, end, or side table. Beautiful piece in excellen...
Mahogany
Biedermeier Desk, attributed to Josef Danhauser, Vienna, circa 1825
Located in New York, NY
Biedermeier desk with five smooth column legs raised on a recessed plinth base and fitted with a wide drawer beneath the elongated rectangular top with rounded ends. The desk is vene...
Wood
$2,272Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century, Ash Wood Late Biedermeier Game Table
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Petite small game or console table made of ash wood. The table dates from the Late Biedermeier period around 1850. The top of the table can be rotated by 90° and thereby unfolded. So...
Ash
19th Century Side Table or Wine Table in Mahogany with Drawers
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
Perfect side or wine table next to a chair of sofa. A lovely sewing table in mahogany on turned & carved tripod pedestal base with two drawers & hinged lift-top. Top drawer offers li...
Mahogany
Early 19th Century South German Cherrywood Table with Single Drawer
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This early 19th century table originates from southern Germany and is crafted from solid cherrywood with warm, lively grain and a naturally vibrant tone typical of regional cherry ti...
Cherry, Softwood
Mid 19th Century German Biedermeier Cherrywood Standing Desk
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Large Biedermeier standing desk or writing desk. West German/Rhineland, around 1840. Solidly crafted from cherry wood. An authentic piece of Biedermeier furniture with an elegant des...
Cherry
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Cherry Side Table. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
We are delighted to offer this extraordinary Biedermeier cherrywood side table, a rare and exceptional piece crafted in Vienna circa 1825. This remarkable table is not only a testame...
Cherry
$4,200
19th century Side Table
Located in Belmont, MA
19th century Side Table Elegant mid-19th century charming side table or library table. Featuring two shelves in the lower part and standing gracefully on caster wheels, this table se...
Mahogany
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Walnut Writing Table. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
Hello, This exceptional, early Biedermeier writing table was made in Vienna circa 1825. Viennese Biedermeier is distinguished by their sophisticated proportions, rare and refined de...
Brass
Antique Biedermeier Octagonal Side Table, Ashwood & Stone, Circa 1820
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An octagonal, occasional antique Austrian Biedermeier side table made of hand crafted shellac polished, partly veneered Ashwood, in good condition. The top of the petite end table is...
Stone, Metal, Brass
German 19th century Side Table or Nightstand
Located in Belmont, MA
Charming 1820 German Side Table or Nightstand in Mahogany Elevate your interior with this exquisite 1820 German side table, versatile enough to serve as a small cabinet or nightstan...
Mahogany
19th Century Fine Pair of Biedermeier Cherry Console Tables, Vienna c. 1835.
Located in Vienna, AT
We are proud to present this exquisite and exceedingly rare pair of Austrian/Viennese Biedermeier console tables, crafted circa 1835, from one of the most pivotal eras in European hi...
Cherry
$8,839Sale Price|23% Off
19th Century Biedermeier Writing Desk in Cherry Veneer with Walnut and Rootwood
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This elegant 19th-century Biedermeier writing desk is veneered in fine cherrywood and accented with beautifully contrasted walnut and walnut-root inlays. The top features a sophistic...
Cherry, Walnut
$11,132Sale Price / set|20% Off
Biedermeier Dining Room Set, One Table, Two Armchairs, Two Chairs
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Very nice table set consisting of a table, two chairs and two armchairs. All chairs are upholstered according to the traditional style by hand with belts and springs. The whole set i...
Cherry
Restored Historicist Small Table, Mahogany, Revived Polish, Germany, 1880s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Bring the atmosphere of sublime historical elegance and masterful carpentry into your interior through this magnificent small table born in the 1880s in Germany in the spirit of hist...
Wood, Mahogany, Lacquer
Late 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Tyrolean Massive Walnut Extending Table
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Late 19th century Austrian Biedermeier Tyrolean extending table, in massive walnut restored and polished to wax Measures cm: H 80, W 120/227, D 98.
Chestnut
$18,000
Biedermeier Sofa Table
Located in New York, NY
.Biedermeier pedestal table. Austria, mid 19th century.
Walnut
$2,872Sale Price|20% Off
Biedermeier Console with Ebonized Columns and Bronze Mounts and Drawer
Located in Miami, FL
Handsome 19th century Empire style console in walnut adorned with ebonized column legs and rectangular base, Vienna, circa 1840.
Bronze