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Biedermeier Furniture

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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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Biedermeier
Set of Six Northern Italian Fruitwood Dining Chairs Great Scale For Comfort.
Located in Buchanan, MI
Set of Six Northern Italian Fruitwood Dining Chairs, Great Scale For Comfort. Fully Restored but would need to be reupholstered as a few of the springs have come loose. Could possib...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Fruitwood

A Pair of Large 19th Century Mahogany Biedermeier Period Side Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptional pair of classic Biedermeier period side chairs. Large scale and gutsy (not petite) these are as genuine and good as Biedermeier gets. Matchbook mahogany veneers over p...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Biedermeier Mirrors
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century Biedermeier mirrors, Germany, circa 19th century. These are extremely well made with beautifully grained bookmatched walnut frame...
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Mirror, Wood, Walnut

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
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18th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Antique Lidded Continental Enamel Painted Milk Glass (Milchglas) Beer Stein
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique glass beer stein. Consisting of a handled stein with a lid decorated throughout with hand painted enamel floral motifs and green line...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Furniture

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Enamel

19th Century German Biedermeier Sewing Table, Mahogany
Located in Belmont, MA
Original 19th century Biedermeier sewing table, mahogany veneer. This unique exquisite table comes from Northern Germany. The locking, hinged lid raises to reveal nine compartments,...
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1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

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Mahogany

Biedermeier Style Fruitwood Vetrine, Early 19th-Century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning 19th Century Biedermeier style fruitwood vitrine. This exquisite piece showcases a classic Biedermeier style, crafted from rich fruitwood. The outset top features an elegant...
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Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Furniture

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Fruitwood

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)
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19th Century Dutch Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Paint

19th Century Set of 6 German Biedermeier Dining Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
The product is a set of 6 German Walnut Biedermeier dining chairs, designed in a classic style. These add a touch of elegance and charm to any dining space. Crafted from high-quality...
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

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Upholstery, Walnut

Biedermeier Open Bookcase or Shelves of Curly Maple
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English open bookcase (or set of shelves) in the Biedermeier style, featuring a moulded cornice top frieze of figured maple over five fitted shelves of curly maple, and restin...
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Early 20th Century English Biedermeier Furniture

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Birdseye Maple, Wood

Biedermeier Style Flame Mahogany Side Tables, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Biedermeier Style Flame Mahogany Tripod Side Tables, the round tops with single drawers on three legs conjoined by under tier with brass tips and casters. 27" H x 17" W x 16"...
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20th Century Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Brass

A pair of Antique French Art Deco Side Tables With Drawer Unique Twist Base
Located in Charleston, SC
This unique French side table features Art Deco styling with its interesting base crafted with three curved and twisted wooden legs which attach to a triangular base atop three ball ...
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Early 20th Century French Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Brass

Biedermeier Period 19th Century Walnut Stools with X-Form Bases, a Pair
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Biedermeier period walnut stools from the 19th century with X-Form bases, turned spindle shaped stretchers and upholstered seats. These 19th-century Biedermeier walnut stoo...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture

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Linen, Upholstery, Walnut

1890 Biedermeier Style Drum Tables with Drawer and Door
Located in Miami, FL
Biedermeier drum form nightstands/bedside tables that could also serve as dry bar cabinets, side tables, or lamp tables. Heirloom-quality furniture that will last a lifetime. Each p...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Austrian Biedermeier Klismos Chair 1830
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Biedermeier Klismos side chair of European beechwood and mahogany veneers. The seat is upholstered in Italian oil tanned leather with brass round head tacks. The front legs are turne...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Brass

Early 19th Century Game Table, South German, 1810-20
Located in Belmont, MA
This unique game table dates back to the early phase of the Biedermeier period. It comes from Southern Germany. The game table has a beautiful walnut root veneer on top and apron. ...
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1810s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Walnut

German Biedermeier Neoclassic 2-Drawer Commode, 1st quarter 19th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular top with slightly canted corners atop a conforming case housing two drawers with original brass hardware, the case raised on flared tapering legs
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Maple

Biedermeier Chair, South Germany 1820, Walnut
Located in Belmont, MA
Biedermeier chair, South Germany 1820. This beautiful Biedermeier chairs is decorated with a pretty walnut veneer. The open work back is embellished with an ebonized lyre motif. Thi...
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1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Walnut

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...
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1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

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Mahogany, Pine

19th Century Austrian Pair of Antique Biedermeier Ebonized Wood Side Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An early 19th Century, antique Austrian pair of Biedermeier side chairs made of hand crafted polished ebonized wood, in good condition. The detailed dining room chairs have a slightl...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Fabric, Upholstery, Velvet, Ebony

Pair of Austrian Biedermeier Fruitwood Arm/Club Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Austrian Biedermeier Fruitwood Arm/Club Chairs Austria, 20th century These Austrian Biedermeier fruitwood arm/club chairs from the 20th century are a beautiful representati...
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20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Upholstery, Fruitwood

19th Century Biedermeier Elm Chests of Drawers - A Pair
Located in New York, NY
Handcrafted in the 19th Century, these Biedermeier elm nightstands, or chests of drawers, have been newly refinished. The wood has a warm honey-brown tone that brings out the natural...
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

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Elm

Set of 6 Josef Danhauser Biedermeier Viennese Upholstered Dining Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 6 Biedermeier Viennese (19th Century) dining chairs with a concave styled openwork backrest & carved embellishments, 2 turned horizontal supports, the seat cushion upholstered...
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19th Century Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Fabric, Upholstery, Fruitwood, Walnut

19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Octagonal Ashwood Occasional Side Table
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...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Stone, Metal, Brass

Biedermeier Cherry Chest of Drawers
Located in Southampton, NY
Biedermeier Cherry Chest of Drawers Beautiful cherry patina. 47.5” wide x 21.75” deep x 31.25” high Condition: In good overall condition with legs and hardware added later. Minor ...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Cherry

A Pair of Biedermeier Stools, 1820, Walnut Veneer, Refinished
Located in Belmont, MA
Pair of Biedermeier Stools, South Germany, circa 1820 This elegant pair of Biedermeier stools originates from South Germany and dates back to around 1820. Crafted with the distinctiv...
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1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Austro-Hungarian Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wearing a layer of Austrian walnut root veneer, this secrétaire has a unique grain that one does not often see; it swirls and undulates across the surface drawing the eye along in a ...
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19th Century Hungarian Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Walnut, Burl

Gentleman Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait painting of a gentleman with a red beard in a blue suit
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Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Paint

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...
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17th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Wood

Stunning Set of Six William Doezema Biedermeier Dining Chairs for Mastercraft
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Stunning set of 6 William Doezema Biebermeier Amboyna dining chairs for Mastercraft. This set retains it's original black leather in nice vintage condition but the foam looks to be c...
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1960s American Vintage Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Leather, Cane, Amboyna

19th Century Biedermeier Dining Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite late 19th century Biedermeier dining table. The table is raised on scrolled bun feet and original casters, below an X stretcher with concave sides and S scrolled design elements above. The central supporting column has an ebonized fruitwood mottled border, which separates and supports the table once expanded. Three leaves with apron, convert a round table to a full dining table with an ebonized fruitwood border. Warm rich patina throughout. The table can become a smaller oval table...
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19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Fruitwood

Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Pier Mirror
Located in Nashville, TN
Early 19th century German Biedermeier mirror. Cherrywood frame with original mirror. One single bronze mount on the upper face. Original two piece mirror.
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1830s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Cherry

Outdoor Painted Wooden Garden Bench
Located in Queens, NY
Outdoor painted wood backless garden bench with carved scroll side base
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20th Century European Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Wood

Biedermeier Style Upholstered Arm Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Biedermeier style upholstered arm chair with marquetry inlay on cresting rail and apron. The chair upholstered in a neutral woven fabric with geometric motif having double welting co...
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19th Century Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Biedermeier 19th Century Flamed Walnut Pedestal Table with Radiating Motif
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Biedermeier period table from the 19th century with flame walnut circular top adorned with exquisite radiating motif and raised on pedestal base. This exquisite Biedermeier period ...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Walnut

20th Century French Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, Spain circa 1900. The outside with fall front and one high drawer and one low door with compartment, beautiful marquetry oakwood . The wood inside opens to a c...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Oak

Viennese Biedermeier Maple Armoire
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Viennese Biedermeier (Circa 1830) maple armoire cabinet with 2 doors and inlaid trim with fluted design pediment
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19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Maple

19th Century Cabinet with Glass Door and Iron Key, Rustic Biedermeier
Located in Austin, TX
This handsome piece dates to the 19th century. It is most probably a Biedermeier display cabinet, characterized by its structured simple ge...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Biedermeier Birch Sofa Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Biederemier birch drop leaf sofa table, circa 1835. With a rectangular birch top with two drop leaves, a drawer in the frieze, an ebonized pedestal and four down swept feet. The birc...
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19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Birch, Pine, Lacquer

Biedermeier Period 19th Century Walnut Butler s Chest with Drop Front Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Biedermeier period walnut butler's chest from the 19th century with drop front desk, ebonized accents and inlaid escutcheons. Born during the elegant Biedermeier period of the 19th...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Biedermeier Style Console
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (19th Century) small rectangualar maple console table wiith 2 narrow side supports ending on a shaped platform base
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19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Maple

Biedermeier Salon Table
Located in New York, NY
A birch, pedestal table, normally positioned prominently between sofa and armchairs, for the comfortable imbibing of various beverages or a light meal. Modern usages noted are petite...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Birch

c1825 Biedermeir Hand Woven Glass Beaded Chandelier - Original Unelectrified
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1825 Biedermeir Chandelier. 3 lights, original unelectrified state. Featuring glass beaded art work on this chandelier. This type of fixture was presented for use on special ocassio...
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1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Art Glass

Biedermeier Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful example of form and function from the Biedermeier period. Constructed in the Austrian Empire of sturdy Fir with Walnut veneers cut in profile as well as on the burl. A fo...
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1850s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Walnut, Fir

Biedermeier Style Pier Mirror of Cherry from France (H 62 1/4 x W 36 1/2)
Located in Austin, TX
A tall elegant French pier mirror from the 19th century in the Biedermeier style featuring a beautiful frame of cherry wood with a mellow, rich patina. Perfect as a wall or hall mirr...
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19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Wood, Cherry

Fine Biedermeier Console Table
Located in New York, NY
A fine Biedermeier console. Cherrywood with mirrored back panel.
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1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Cherry

Fine Biedermeier Console Table
Fine Biedermeier Console Table
$12,800 Sale Price
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Dutch 19th Century Satinwood Oval Tables - A Pair
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A pair of Dutch oval tables crafted in the 1800’s from gorgeous satinwood. In wonderful condition, they have been recently cleaned and polished with French wax paste to revitalize the luminous, amber-tone grain. Their moderate size and classic design make it easy to incorporate them into a wide range of living spaces-as a pair for symmetry or used independently. The tops are fixed to turned, baluster-form columns and lifted by beautifully carved tripodal bases. Make sure to view the detailed images to get a closer look at this elegant pair of oval tables.
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19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Wood, Hardwood, Satinwood

Late 20th century vintage Biedermeier style newly upholstered bench
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a late 20th century Biedermeier style upholstered bench. This bench has been newly upholstered in a black cotton duck. This bench has a blonde satin wood frame with a black l...
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1980s American Vintage Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Wood

Biedermeier Style, Fruitwood, Black Fabric, Daybed, USA, 19th c.
Located in Manhasset, NY
Biedermeier Style, Neoclassical, Fruitwood, Black Fabric, Daybed, USA, 19th c. A fabric and fruitwood daybed in the Biedermeier style having been designed and produced in the United...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Fabric, Fruitwood

Biedermeier Side Table, Germany 1820, Cherry and Maple Root Veneer
Located in Belmont, MA
Oval Biedermeier Side Table in Cherry with Maple Root Veneer, Germany circa 1820 This elegant oval Biedermeier side table from Germany, dating to around 1820, is a superb example of ...
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1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Birdseye Maple, Cherry

Antique Maple Biedermeier Chest of Drawers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gorgeous antique chest of drawers or commode in the classic Biedermeier style of 19th century Prussia. With robust maple construction...
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Early 20th Century German Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Wood, Hardwood, Maple

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...
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1830s European Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Austrian Biedermeier Style Burled Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Austrian Biedermeier Style Burled Curved Back Vanity Accent Chair in Plush Green Velvet Chenille This antique Austrian Biedermeier Style burled accent chair is a timeless pi...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Chenille, Upholstery, Burl

Pair of Biedermeier Scroll Form Arm Chairs in Hand Finished Burled Elm
Located in New York, NY
This elegant and sculptural pair of Biedermeier arm chairs were realized in Austria circa 1880. Realized in a stunning burled elm- showcasing the sumptuous natural grain of the wood-...
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1880s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Fabric, Elm

Set of Milo Baughman Biedermeier Lounge Chairs for Thayer Coggin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Biedermeier 90 collection, Milo Baughman did with Thayer Coggin in the is one of the last collections Milo and Coggin did together in the 1990's. Milo Baughman believed the midcentury style needed to be warmed up a bit. For admirers of Biedermeier furniture, the neoclassical style that flourished in Austria and Germany from 1815-1830, the choices are few: scarce and expensive antique pieces and now, Milo Baughman's Biedermeier 90 collection for Thayer Coggin, a furniture maker in High Point, N.C. ''When I teach the history of modern design, I start with Biedermeier, because it's the first indication that there would be a new philosophy in design, furniture designed to be more honest and simple,'' said Mr. Baughman, who has designed furniture for Thayer Coggin since 1953 and also teaches design at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. The 27-piece collection, which includes consoles, tables and upholstered seating, captures the spirit of Biedermeier design with honey-colored wood veneers, neoclassical fluted columns and natural steel finishes. - Ref NYTIMES, 8/10/1989 “Eurostyle started out as a fairly valid design statement,” says Milo Baughman, a highly regarded veteran furniture designer who teaches at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. ''But when it was reduced to more commercial levels and picked up too quickly by people who make cheap furniture...
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1990s American Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Fabric, Maple

Birch Hand-Carved and Ebonized Biedermeier Dining Chairs
Located in New York, NY
A pair of armchairs crafted of solid birch, the classically curved back crest adorned with a carved, ebonized fan motif and sabre legs. The armchairs boast a pair of whimsical, eboni...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Birch

Biedermeier Chest of Drawers, Germany 1820
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite Biedermeier Walnut Dresser from 1820, Southern Germany. This remarkable Biedermeier chest of drawers, dating back to 1820 and originating from Southern Germany, is a true t...
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1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Pair of German Biedermeier Mahogany Lyre End Tables
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Similar German Biedermeier (19th Century) mahogany oval end tables with a single drawer and ebonized trimmed base with brass lyre. (PRI...
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Brass

19th Century German Biedermeier Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous 19th century German Walnut Biedermeier side cabinet. Beautiful, polished wood with ebonized details and storage inside. A handsome piece!!
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19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Mid-19th Century Single Parquetry Console Table with Mirror
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite mid-19th century console table features mirrored back panel and robust full columns at the front, complemented by half columns at the back. The gracefully curved top p...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Mirror, Walnut

Biedermeier furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Biedermeier furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Biedermeier furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Germany, and Austria pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Biedermeier, Morelato, Viennese Manufactory, and Baker Furniture Company. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $145 and tops out at $98,800 while the average work can sell for $4,268.