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.
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
$2,320Sale Price|20% Off
20th French Century Marble Top Walnut Console Table with Drawer
Located in Miami, FL
Walnut console table with four curved legs with a drawer and a marble top.
Marble
North German Biedermeier Dressing/ Console Table in Mahogany with Mirror, c 1825
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
An exquisite early Biedermeier dressing table or console in fine West Indies mahogany, likely from Northern Germany. Features an oval mirror...
Mahogany, Pine
Burl Wood Biedermeier Dressing Table Mirror Matching Chair Cane Seat Mint!
By Biedermeier
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Burl Wood Biedermeier dressing table mirror matching chair cane seat new cushion upholstery mint! Dovetail drawers design. Chair dimension...
Walnut, Burl
19th Century Biedermeier Table Top Vanity Table With Drawer, Austria ca. 1850
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Charming 19th century table top Biedermeier vanity table with drawer from the so-called "second" period in Austria around 1850. This lovely Biedermeier vanity mirror has been veneere...
Mirror, Nutwood
Antique Biedermeier Cherrywood Oval Vanity Table & Stool - 2 Piece
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Biedermeier Cherrywood Oval Vanity Table & Stool - 2 Piece This antique Biedermeier vanity table has one drawer and an oval swing mirror with a silk upholstered back. The mi...
Mirror, Cherry
Vanity Desk, probably Austria, circa 1815-1820
Located in Greding, DE
Mahogany veneered Biedermeier vanity desk with floral ornaments and pilaster as well as columns at the front with ebonized bases and capitals. The doors are opened via a pressure mec...
Mahogany
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
20th Century Biedermeier Style Marquetry Spanish Console Table with Drawer
Located in Miami, FL
Biedermeier style Spanish console table with drawer and beautiful inlays.
Viennese Flame Birch Veneer and Ebony Ormolu Dressing Table, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Viennese flame birch veneered dressing table with flanking bronze eagle capitals mounted on ebony columns supporting an adjustable oval veneered framed mirror, centered drawer with b...
Bronze, Ormolu
Victorian Mahogany Dressing Table
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A very nice quality Victorian mahogany dressing table, mercury plate mirror, white procelain castors, jewelry drawers to the top, single drawer below, lovely colour and condition. 6...
Mahogany
$1,250 / set
H 51.19 in W 36.62 in D 12.6 in
Cool Dutch 1970's Space Age Vanity Dressing Table & Matching Wallmounted Mirror
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Fantastic 1970's Space Age Bedroom Vanity / Dressing Table The Vanity has an adjustable mirror and a drawer unit for storing your make up goodies ...
Brass
French 19th Century Ebonized & Inlay Vanity
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A petite ebonized vanity with bone inlay detail from the 1800s, France. The unadorned vanity top opens on brass hinges to reveal an inset mirror for checking one's appearance, over a...
Wood
$3,475
H 28.35 in W 43.31 in D 19.69 in
Early 19th Century Walnut Wood Catalan Spanish Console, Desk or Vanity Table
Located in Miami, FL
A 19th century walnut console table with a slab top above a frieze with two drawers with front decorated with and edge in each drawer and a single original iron pull . The table is s...
Iron
$4,708Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 103.94 in W 48.82 in D 21.66 in
Large Gold Leafed 20th Century Console Mirror and Table with Marble Top
Located in DE
Beautiful and ornate solid wood mirror with cast stone angels and figures on both mirror and matching console table. Console table top is a white mar...
Cast Stone, Gold Leaf
Dutch Mahogany Vanity Dresser with Tri-Fold Mirror
Located in Voorburg, NL
Gorgeous original Dutch mahogany vanity dresser with tri-fold mirror, circa 1950s. The vanity features beautiful mahogany wood grain, nice carved wood details, and a large tri-fold m...
Mirror, Mahogany
$2,589Sale Price|50% Off
H 56.7 in W 24.81 in D 16.54 in
19th Century French Mahogany Vanity Table with Swan's Heads in Empire Style
Located in Sofia, BG
French hand carved mahogany vanity table with black marble top. There is an original crystal oval mirror on the top part surrounded by two asymme...
Marble
$2,354
H 59.06 in W 42.13 in D 19.69 in
19th Century English Softwood & Mahogany Veneer Vanity Table, Signed Maple & Co.
Located in Opole, PL
19th Century English Softwood & Mahogany Veneer Vanity Table, Signed Maple & Co. We present you this vanity table circa the late 19th century in mahogany veneer. The whole is signed by the British furniture manufactory of Maple & Co. that was founded in the early 19th century. The vanity is of a simple form, placed on high, angular legs, and composed of a base with three drawers, an upper section with a movable mirror, and two adjacent to the rear wall compartments with small drawers. Moreover, the mirror is oval, in a wooden frame, and mounted to the wall with brass hooks. The legs of the vanity are on the porcelain rolls. The fronts of the drawers, pulpit, and the mirror frame are inlaid with fillet stripes. Presented vanity has been restored and finished in French polish. The Maple manufactory was one of the major producers and suppliers of furniture to the British aristocracy...
Softwood, Mahogany
$2,636Sale Price|20% Off
H 63.78 in W 48.43 in D 21.26 in
Elegant Mahogany Vanity Table in Light Brown From the Late 19th Century
Located in Opole, PL
Elegant Mahogany Vanity Table in Light Brown From the Late 19th Century This majestic mahogany dressing table effortlessly marries function and ...
Mahogany, Mirror, Wood
Lovely Early 20th Century Marble Top Console Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A lovely quality early 20th Century marble top mahogany console table. The shaped and moulded Rosso Levante marble top raised over panelled frieze with applied flowerhead paterae, eg...
Marble
Antiqued Serpentine Mirrored Vanity Dressing Table or Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A striking mirrored vanity dressing table or writing desk from the San Francisco estate of late California senator Dianne Feinstein, (1933-2023). The elegant piece features a scallop...
Metal
20th Century Paolo Buffa Wall Console with marble top
By Paolo Buffa, Serafino Arrighi
Located in Turin, Turin
Paolo Buffa (Milan 1903-1970), architect and designer, worked in the field of furniture design. Trained in the studio of Ponti and Lancia, from where he borrowed elements of neoclass...
Marble, Brass
1960s Vanity / Dressing Table in Biedermeier Style
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
A refined 1960s mahogany vanity table in the elegant Biedermeier style. The piece is finely crafted with clean, harmonious lines and veneered on all sides, allowing it to stand freel...
Mahogany
Late 19thC Mahogany Vanity/Sewing Work Table
By Biedermeier
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19thC Vanity/Sewing Work Table - Biedermeier? Having quarter cut flame mahogany veneer hinged cover opening to reveal maple lined fitted interior and mirror, above a drawer and ...
Mahogany
Sold
H 58.75 in W 41 in D 19 in
Mahogany Biedermeier Vanity Dressing Table With Mirror, Sweden circa 1830-50
Located in Round Top, TX
Decorative biedermeier mahogany vanity or dressing table with mirror. Six drawers, adjustable mirror (which can be removed from table top, see photos), and decorative carved legs and...
Mirror, Mahogany
19th Century French Birdseye Maple Wash Stand Vanity Console
Located in Forney, TX
A lovely antique French birdseye maple wash stand. circa 1880 Finely hand-crafted in the second half of the 19th century, finished on all sides so it can be placed anywhere in the room, having a white and gray veined marble-lined top and partial gallery, above long frieze drawer with divided interior, supported by hand chamfered turned baluster-form columns with large open medial shelf, atop two serpentine-front drawers with high-quality dovetail joinery, rising on chamfer turned legs ending in ball feet in the front and block feet in the rear, surmounted with a removable tilting oval flat plate mirror on scrolled supports Versatile: As warm and attractive as it is functional, having the ideal size and proportions for a variety of different uses, including as a bathroom vanity, bedroom dressing...
Marble
English-Style Vanity, circa 1920
Located in Chorzów, PL
English-style dressing table, from circa 1920. Very good condition. After renovation. Measures: Height to the table top 85 x width 105.
Walnut
Antique Swedish Biedermeier Dressing Table in Satin Birch c1880
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
A stunning antique Swedish dressing table with round mirror in satin birch, dating from around 1880. it has a single drawer and tilting mirror t...
Satin
Biedermeier Sewing Table, 1830ca
Located in Praha, CZ
Solid original condition.
Wood
Sold
H 32.29 in W 24.02 in D 18.9 in
Neoclassical Biedermeier Small Furniture, Cherry Veneer, Austria, circa 1830
Located in Regensburg, DE
Exceptional Biedermeier small furniture / former wash cabinet from Austria, Vienna about 1830 Cherry veneer and solid wood with ebonized parts. Ebony tri...
Brass
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H 35.83 in W 41.54 in D 16.93 in
Antique French Empire Fruitwood Console Table with drawer, Early 20th Century
Located in Miami, FL
Antique French Empire- Biedermeier fruitwood console table with drawer and bronze details In good original condition with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a be...
Bronze
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H 18.5 in W 12.4 in D 8.6 in
19th Century Biedermeier Vanity Table Mirror Nutwood, Austria, circa 1850
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Marvelous 19th century Biedermeier vanity table mirror from the second period in Austria, circa 1850. The lovely vanity mirror was veneered in...
Mirror, Nutwood, Burl
Sold
H 35.43 in W 53.54 in D 15.75 in
20th French Century Marble Wall Mounted Top Walnut Console Table with Drawer
Located in Miami, FL
Walnut console table with four curved legs with a drawer and a marble top. You must to fix to the wall.
Walnut
Sold
H 38 in W 49.6 in D 27.16 in
Antique French Empire Fruitwood Console Table with Drawer, Early 19th Century
Located in Miami, FL
Antique French Empire- Biedermeier fruitwood console table with drawer, early 20th century Stunning and rare Dutch Biedermeier console table, circa 1930s. In good original condit...
Fruitwood