Biedermeier Cabinets
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
Austrian Biedermeier Burl Walnut
Mahogany Exotic Inlaid Cask, Circa 1750
Located in Charleston, SC
Austrian Biedermeier Burl Walnut & Mahogany cask with carved molded edge cornice, flanking book matched hinged doors, tulip wood inlays, satinwood inlays, original steel engraved loc...
Category
1750s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Steel
Early 19th Century Biedermeier Cherrywood Half Cabinet / Commode
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This charming Biedermeier half cabinet is crafted from solid cherry wood and dates back to around 1835. Its clean, architectural lines and warm wood tones embody the elegance and pra...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Cherry, Spruce
$4,622 Sale Price
20% Off
Biedermeier Pillar Cabinet, 1st Half 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Mahogany veneered pillar cupboard with two drawers and a slightly convex door. The door is flanked by solid columns with leaf capitals. The cabinet stands on square feet and ends wit...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Danish Pedestal Cabinet with Full Columns and Carved Capitals in Mahogany
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
Beautiful example of a Danish Christian VIII pedestal cabinet from the Biedermeier period in figured mahogany with fully turned veneered columns and carved capitals all in West Indie...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Josephinian Austrian Inlaid Walnut Two Piece 1750s Era Rental Cabinet Secretary
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This Josephinian Austrian inlaid walnut two-piece cabinet secretary, circa 1750s, is a remarkable example of fine 18th-century European craftsmanship. Designed during the reign of Em...
Category
1750s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
$4,396 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th century birch Biedermeier vanity chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 19th century birch biedermeier vanity dressing cabinet circa 1830.
Stunning piece of Biedermeier period furniture made in karelian birch.
Comprising of two main parts, althou...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Mirror, Birch
Early 19th Century Biedermeier Cherry One-Door Half Cabinet
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful small early Biedermeier one-door half cabinet with one drawer and one door. In very good hand polished restored condition.
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Cherry, Spruce
$3,752 Sale Price
25% Off
Biedermeier Drum Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Constructed of solid birch, fir and mahogany and veneered in choice flame mahogany with birch banding, this Classic cabinet was often used as a pedestal, to display sculpture, a bust from antiquity...
Category
1820s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
$5,180
Early 19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Nightstand or Small Pillar Cabinet
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Elegant early 19th century Biedermeier nightstand or small pillar cabinet from southern Germany, circa 1825. The piece is finely veneered in walnut on all sides, displaying a vivid a...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut, Pine
$3,002 Sale Price
20% Off
Biedermeier Style Chest of Drawers With Four Drawers in Maple.
By Biedermeier
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very elegant chest of drawers with four drawers is made of maple with ebonized columns. This is a German work in the style of Biedermeier. Circa 1950
Category
1950s German Vintage Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Maple, Wood
19th Century Walnut Nightstand
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful Biedermeier bedside table in walnut veneer on softwood from Germany. There is a drawer at the top and a door at the bottom. The piece of ...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut, Pine
$2,525 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique chest of drawers, Northern Europe, circa 1860.
Located in Chorzów, PL
An antique chest of drawers from around 1860, in the elegant Biedermeier style, is a unique piece of furniture from Northern Europe. The Biedermeier style is distinguished by its sim...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Austrian Biedermeier Walnut Ebonized Bookcase
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (Circa 1825) walnut veneer and ebonized trimmed bookcase with demilune 3 drawer commode base and upper section with 2 doors and 4 small drawers.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Italian Biedermeier Cabinet, Carrara Marble Top Wax Finished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid 19th Century Italian Biedermeier cabinet sideboard in solid wood walnut folder , white Carrara marble top , restored and wax finished
Measure cm: H 80 W 110 D 53
This Bied...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Armoire, around 1830
Located in Greding, DE
Two-door Biedermeier cabinet in cherry with panelled fields on the doors and baluster-shaped legs. The cornice is moulded several times. The wardrobe is fitted with a shelf and a clo...
Category
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Cherry
Early 9th Century Biedermeier Walnut / Bronze Mounted Bookcase / Cabinet
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Step into the world of the early 19th century with our impeccably crafted Biedermeier cabinet, hailing from the Austro-Hungarian, German, or Northern European origins. This exceptio...
Category
Early 19th Century Hungarian Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Austrian Biedermeier Cabinets with Single Drawer and Door, circa 1870
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Austrian Biedermeier style walnut veneered cabinets with banded inlay from the second half of the 19th century. Each of this pair of Biedermeier stands features a rectangul...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Pair of Antique Swedish Satin Birch Marble Top Bedside Cabinets
Located in London, GB
A beautiful pair of antique Swedish satin birch marble top bedside cabinets. They were recently imported from Sweden, they date from around the 1890-1910 period.
The quality is supe...
Category
1890s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Marble
Austrian Biedermeier Bookcase
Located in Hudson, NY
This very fine bookcase is in excellent condition and has great color and style. The book case has four shelves and can work for books or as pictured hear as a display cabinet for ob...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Corner Cabinet, Cherry Veneer, Ebony, South Germany circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful antique Biedermeier Corner Cabinet in cherry veneer from South Germany around 1820.
Cherry veneered on softwood. Partly e...
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Metal, Brass, Iron
Antique Biedermeier chest of drawers, ca. 1860.
Located in Chorzów, PL
An elegant chest of drawers from around 1860, in the classic Biedermeier style, which is characterized by simple, functional design, emphasizing comfort of use. The piece of furnitur...
Category
Mid-19th Century Scandinavian Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Late Biedermeier Cabinet, circa 1830
Located in Greding, DE
Cabinet with concave curved front and lateral three-quarter-columns with leaf capitals and profiled bases. One-drawer and one-door under the profiled top panel. Mahogany, solid and v...
Category
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Biedermeier style corner chest of drawers, Northern Europe.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique corner chest of drawers from the mid-nineteenth century in the Biedermeier style.
The style is characterized by a simple design, corresponding to comfort and functionality.
...
Category
Mid-19th Century Scandinavian Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Biedermeier cabinet, Northern Europe, circa 1860.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique chest of drawers from the mid-nineteenth century in the Biedermeier style.
The style is characterized by a simple design, corresponding to comfort and functionality.
A ches...
Category
1860s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Vitrine Cabinet in Fruitwood
Ebonized Detail, Germany, circa 1825
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century German Biedermeier vitrine on cabinet base in fruitwood with ebonized and gilt accents. The display case with architectural pediment, fronted by glass panels with flanki...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Fruitwood
Biedermeier Germany cupboard/ Cabinet, ash wood
By Thomas Germany
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind cupboard , cabinet or armoire of elegant lines, masterpiece of the bourgeois style of the first quarter of the nineteenth century emperor in Germany and Austria (181...
Category
1830s Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
$2,849 Sale Price
34% Off
Restored Biedermeier Display Cabinet, Walnut, Glass, 1820s, Austria
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This stunning display cabinet, crafted in the Biedermeier style, dates back to the early 19th century and was made in Austria. It is constructed from fine walnut wood and adorned wit...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
Restored Biedermeier Small Display Cabinet, Cherry Wood, Polish, Czech, 1850s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This elegant small Biedermeier display cabinet comes from Czechoslovakia from the mid-19th century. It is made of solid wood with cherry veneer and features ebonized columns and deco...
Category
1850s Czech Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Wood, Lacquer, Cherry
Restored Biedermeier Display Cabinet, Walnut, Solid Spruce, 1830s, Czechia
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Restored Biedermeier 1-door display cabinet.
Period: 1830-1839
Source: Czechia
Material: Walnut, Solid Spruce, Glass
Number of shelves: 4 (f...
Category
Early 19th Century Czech Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Wood, Walnut, Lacquer, Spruce
Biedermeier Small Birch Cabinet
Located in Memphis, TN
Small birch Biedermeier cabinet with a single drawer and scrolled feet.
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Birch
Vintage Custom Built KPS Pediment Bourbon Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Incredible vintage custom built Bourbon cabinet. Made by the iconic KPS in Chicago. Beautiful towering pediment frame with inset glass doors and wooden...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Glass
Mahogany cabinet, Northern Europe, circa 1860.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique chest of drawers from the mid-nineteenth century in the Biedermeier style.
The style is characterized by a simple design, corresponding to comfort and functionality.
A ches...
Category
1870s Scandinavian Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Architectural Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Cabinet
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very rare and elegant Biedermeier cabinet of architectural form. Very simple in design with a fantastic and warm burr-ash veneer, accentuated with ebonized thread inlay, discs and ...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Cabinets
Materials
Ash, Fruitwood
Biedermeier cabinets for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Biedermeier cabinets for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage cabinets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, more furniture and collectibles, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Biedermeier cabinets made in a specific country, there are Europe, Austria, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for cabinets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,450 and tops out at $95,000 while the average work can sell for $7,700.
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