Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Biedermeier Style
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.
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Style: Biedermeier
Portrait for Woman
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait painting titled "Madame Rimsky"
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$12,500
Elegant 19th century oil painting of a German lady (ca. 1840)
Located in Sakskøbing, DK
This 19th-century Biedermeier oil portrait shows Friedericke Dreysel, wife of Julius Ferdinand Dreysel, who took over the family textile business in Plauen after her husband’s early ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Hardwood, Paint
Dutch Flemish Still Life
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of Dutch Flemish still life of oysters with bread, wine, lemon and service pieces
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$6,500
Belgian Style 17th Century Woven Tapestry of Soldiers
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Belgian style (17/18th Century) horizontal tapestry with scene of 2 soldiers and women kneeling and paying hommage
Tears in the tapestry. A few rings on the top to hang.
Category
18th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Pair of 19th-Century Portraits of a German Baron and Baroness
Located in Sakskøbing, DK
This pair of 19th-century oil portraits presents Adam Franz Bernhard, Baron von Hirschberg (1783–1864), and his wife, Charlotte Baroness von Hirschberg (1792–1857).
Both are depicted...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Hardwood
19th Century Biedermeier Landscape Painting with Lake and Trees
Located in Berghuelen, DE
19th Century Biedermeier Landscape Painting with Lake and Trees
An antique landscape painting in a golden frame depicting a peaceful rural setting with large trees, a small hut, a l...
Category
1880s German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
1820s Biedermeier Oil Painting of a Hunting Scene with Two Dogs in Landscape
Located in Berlin, DE
A finely executed Biedermeier oil painting from the 1820s, depicting a tranquil hunting scene with two dogs. Painted with meticulous detail, the composition captures the animals in a...
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
$744 Sale Price
30% Off
Belgian Style 17th Century Figural Tapestry
Located in Queens, NY
Belgian style (17th/18th Century) horizontal woven antique tapestry of Mytos and Apews kissing with 8 figures looking on.
Antique condition, fading and wear, some tears in tapestry
Category
18th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Flemish 17th Century Tapestry Titled, Assassination of Alexander the Great
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Flemish (17th Century) rectangular woven tapestry depicting a tumultuous crowd scene of Greek militia bordered by a dense floral decoration, titled "The Assassination of Alex...
Category
17th Century European Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
W. Kruegner, Summerly High Mountain Landscape with Alpine Lake and Watzmann
Located in Berghuelen, DE
W. Kruegner- summerly high mountain landscape with alpine Lake and Watzmann
An impressionistic oil painting depicting a high mountain landscap...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
19th Century Swiss Mechanical Clock Painting, Circa 1820
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century Swiss mechanical clock painting circa 1820
This antique and unique clock painting is created in oil on metal circa 1820 in Switzerlan...
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
$2,720 Sale Price
20% Off
19th century Antique oil Painting of an German gentleman
Located in Sakskøbing, DK
This 19th-century Biedermeier oil portrait depicts Julius Ferdinand Dreysel, an influential textile manufacturer from Plauen, Germany. Painted around 1840 on a solid panel, he is por...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Hardwood, Paint
Decorative Oil Painting According to the 19th Century Style
Located in Berlin, DE
A dreamlike masterpiece inspired by the old masters of the Romantic period. Finely embraced in a magnificent silver plated wooden frame with numerous rocaille applications. Oil on ca...
Category
20th Century German Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Early 19th Century Oil Painting French Family Portrait
Located in 263-0031, JP
The term “Biedermeier” was first wielded as mildly disparaging designation for the bourgeois domesticity, so idealized by German society in the post-Napoleonic era prior to the 1848 ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Antique Portrait Painting of a German Gentleman - Original Gilded Frame
Located in Sakskøbing, DK
This early 19th century Biedermeier portrait painting features a German gentleman. He is wearing a dark green frock coat and white shirt with an upstanding collar and a white silk ti...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century Alpine Landscape Oil Painting with Tyrolian Mountain Village
Located in Berghuelen, DE
19th Century Alpine Landscape Oil Painting with Tyrolian Mountain Village
The antique oil painting captures the charm of an Alpine landscape, featuring a picturesque Tyrolean mounta...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Biedermeier Painting of an European Alpine Village late 19th Century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Biedermeier Painting of an European Alpine Village late 19th Century
An antique Victorian landscape painting framed in a silver-colored frame. Painted in oil on wood by the German p...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Dutch Oil Painting of Interior Window Scene
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Dutch (19th Cent) oil painting of an interior scene with a mother and children by an open window (signed: WEILAND)
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Gentleman Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait painting of a gentleman with a red beard in a blue suit
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$6,400
Set of 4 European Hand Colored Prints of Birds from 1830
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A set of 4 hand colored birds prints, from 1830. By Comte, Achille Joseph (1802-1866),
"Keepsake d´histoire naturelle. Description des oiseaux. Suivie d´un exposé de l art de les pr...
Category
1830s French Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$476 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Landscape "Starry Night"
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an impressionist landscape painting titled "Starry Night" showing swirling stars over a dark village
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$7,750
Copy of "Tree With Crows" Landscape Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a German Romantic style landscape painting titled "Tree With Crows" showing a bare tree with crows against a sunrise
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 20th Century German Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Four 19th Century Hand-Colored Copper Engravings of Uniformed Men
Located in Hamburg, DE
This charming set consists of four hand-colored copper engravings from the 19th century, each depicting a uniformed man in striking detail. Represented are a Dragoon, a Grenadier, a ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Sailing Seascape Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a seascape painting titled "Sailing" showing small boats under sail in a strong breeze and choppy seas
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Continental German Oil Landscape in a Gilt Wood Frame
Located in Queens, NY
Continental German (18/19th Cent) gilt framed oil painting of a landscape genre scene of a town by a river with boats and people (J C FRIER)
Canvas was previously ripped and punctur...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Mid-19th Century Alpine Oil Painting on Wood – Madonna /Child with Flaming Heart
Located in Hamburg, DE
This remarkable mid-19th century alpine oil painting on wood captures a Madonna and Child in a deeply symbolic composition. The child holds a flaming heart adorned with a crown of th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Belgian 17th Century Aubusson Tapestry of Forest Scene
Located in Queens, NY
Belgian style (17th Century) horizontal Aubusson style tapestry of crane and fox in landscape with border (prior in collection of the Cincinnati Museum of Art).
Condition: (Antique...
Category
17th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Fabric
Finely Painted Biedermeier Portrait of a Lady, Germany circa 1820
Located in Hamburg, DE
This exquisite Biedermeier portrait from around 1820 is a true gem of early 19th-century German painting. Executed with remarkable finesse, the painting captures a seated lady in a s...
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Continental Dutch Landscape of Sheep by a Cottage
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Dutch (19th Cent) oil on canvas depicting two figures tending to sheep in a wooded landscape with cottage (signed HENRI VAN MAAS & dated 1887)
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Polish Nobleman Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Gilt framed oil painting portrait of nobleman (possibly Polish) wearing furs and pearl earring and holding scepter (19th Cent copy of a Rembrandt)
Category
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$11,500
Set Of 4 European Hand Colored Prints Of Birds From 1830
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A set of 4 hand colored birds prints, from 1830. By Comte, Achille Joseph (1802-1866),
"Keepsake d´histoire naturelle. Description des oiseaux. Suivie d´un exposé de l art de les pré...
Category
1830s French Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$476 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Framed Dutch Still Life Fruit and Lobster Oil Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Dutch (19th Century) still life oil painting depicting robust grapes, peaches, plums and lobster on a wood table with shadowed green leaves in a dimly lit, atmospheric composition on...
Category
20th Century Dutch Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Still Life with Fruits, Oil Painting on Canvas, Germany, 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Still Life with Fruits, oil painting on canvas, Germany 1950s
An impressive Biedermeier style still life painting depicting diverse fruits like plums, grapes or peaches. Painted in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Set of 4 European Hand Colored Prints of Birds from 1830
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A set of 4 hand colored birds prints, from 1830. By Comte, Achille Joseph (1802-1866),
"Keepsake d´histoire naturelle. Description des oiseaux. Suivie d´un exposé de l art de les pré...
Category
1830s French Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$476 Sale Price / set
20% Off
A Pair of Biedermeier Portraits, c.1840
Located in Savannah, GA
A pair of Biedermeier portraits, circa 1840.
Professionally restored in the 1960s.
canvas: 20 ¾ by 24 ½ inches
frame: 25 ½ by 29 ¼ inches
Found together with the portrait of ...
Category
1840s Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
$4,800 / set
The Furlet Semi Nude Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a painting titled "The Furlet" (1638) a portrait of the artist's second wife semi nude with a fur cloak
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Oak
Masked Ball Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an interior scene painting titled "Masked Ball" showing figures dancing in a ballroom.
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$8,200
Painting "Landscape with Ford"
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of painting titled "Landscape with Ford" showing foot traffic at a busy stream crossing in a forest
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of Dutch landscape of a procession of blind men titled "The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind" (1568)
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
19th Century Antique Portrait Painting of a German Baron in Military Uniform
Located in Sakskøbing, DK
This elegant 19th-century oil portrait presents Adam Franz Bernhard, Baron von Hirschberg (1783–1864), Lord of Ebnath and Schwarzenreuth and Royal Bavarian Lieutenant Colonel.
He is...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Hardwood
Self Portrait 1887
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an Impressionist portrait painting titled "Self Portrait 1887"
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$5,850
Dutch style (19th Century) oil painting
Located in Queens, NY
Dutch style (19th Century) oil painting of a scene with docked fishing boats and figures with a large church in the background in a goldj carved frame (unsigned)
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold
Landscape "Road with Cypress and Star"
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an impressionist vertical landscape painting titled "Road with Cypress and Star"
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Dutch Nobleman Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait of a Dutch nobleman in ruffled collar
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$7,300
Two Girls at a Window Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait painting titled "Two Girls at a Window" showing two women looking out of an open window
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Pair of large 19th century Antique oil Paintings of a German Couple
Located in Sakskøbing, DK
A rare pair of large 19th-century oil portraits depicting Julius Ferdinand Dreysel and his wife Friedericke, prominent figures in the textile industry of Plauen, Germany. Painted aro...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Hardwood, Paint
Beach at Schevenigen Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a landscape painting titled "Beach at Schevenigen" showing figures unloading boats
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
KPM Berlin Porcelain Picture Plaque Portrait of a Girl with Veil, ca 1830
Located in Vienna, AT
Portrait of a girl in oriental-style clothing with a headdress and veil in a scenic setting.
In original, gilded wood frame with acanthus leaf and oak leaf garland carving.
Manuf...
Category
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Continental Dutch Landscape of Winter Scene
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Dutch style gilt framed landscape oil painting of a winter scene.
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Belgian Style Antique Woven Soldier Tapestry
Located in Queens, NY
Belgian style (17/18th Century) vertical figurative woven tapestry depicting a crowd in the distance and two soldiers and a horse in the foreground.
Antique condition, fading and we...
Category
18th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Framed Engraving Portrait Renaissance Medici Pope, Leo X (1474-1521), 1860s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An extraordinary Original Lithograph of Renaissance Medici Pope, Leo X (1474-1521).
Beautiful hand crafted Biedermeier Frame. We believe it is from the 1860s. Viewable picture size ...
Category
1860s German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood
European 19th cent Miniature Tempera Painting Family Portrait
Located in Malmö, SE
Antique early 19th century. (1800 -1820s) framed European Tempera painting on a plate under glass in the original frame.
Depiction of a happy family posing. The painting is signed "...
Category
1810s Scandinavian Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paint, Glass
Genre Painting, Germany 19th century, "Farmers on the Field"
Located in Belmont, MA
19th century genre painting by unknown artist. "Farmers on the Field",
oil on canvas with gilt wood frame.
In good original condition, the frame shows signs of wear.
Category
1840s German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Cane
Zoological Original Lithograph Featuring "the gentle cat" from 1831-35
Located in Hamburg, DE
Transport yourself to the Biedermeier era with this exquisite and rare original lithograph from the book "Neue Bildergalerie der Jugend." Published between 1831 and 1835 by Carl Hell...
Category
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Francois Nicholas Riss (1804-1886) 19th century Biedermeier childrens portrait
Located in Münster, DE
Francois Nicholas Riss (1804-1886)
Portrait of a child
signed and dated center left, Riss 1829, oil on canvas, partly retouched, stretcher renewed, framed
Dimensions: height 62 cm - width 50,5 cm
François Nicholas Riss (1804 Moscow-1886 ibid)
Born in Russia, he studied painting in Paris...
Category
1820s Russian Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
$3,824 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Biedermeier Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Couple
Located in Berlin, DE
Biedermeier portrait of a couple, circa 1830-1850.
Two elaborately restored portraits painted on a new wedge frame. Oil on canvas with gold frame.
Category
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Biedermeier Picture Clock with Musical Movement, Austria, circa 1825
Located in Incline Village, NV
These painting clocks are very rare, especially containing the music box. Of Austrian manufacture circa 1820-1830, this Biedermeier picture (painting) clock is a naive and charming oil painting on metal, which depicts nine people dressed in colorful period clothes at various activities; a woman with her child and carrying fruit in a basket atop her head, two young lovers, a man in a boat, another man walking with his dog, while still another gentleman leaves the town hall. A woman at the window...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Painting Cattle Carriage on an Alpine Lake, Oil on Canvas 19th century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Painting Cattle Carriage on an Alpine Lake, Oil on Canvas 19th century
A lovely antique oil painting depicting a Tyrolian farmers family which loads their cattle heard onto a boat. The scene is located on an mountain lake in the Alpine landscape. Oil on canvas 1st half of the 19th century. Framed with vintage gilded frame, paint partly with craquelure. This painting will be a highlight in each rural decoration.
Alpine oil painting...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Dutch Old Man Writing Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Dutch Old Master style (19th Cent) black framed oil painting portrait of old man writing in a book with lady in background (Enrico Caruso Estate)
Visable puncture to canvas
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Antique 19th Century Salon Interior Painting in a Decorative Silvered Frame
Located in Berlin, DE
An evocative 19th century interior painting, depicting the quiet elegance of a living room or salon, rendered with warm tones and fine detail. The composition draws the viewer into a...
Category
1840s German Antique Biedermeier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
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