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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Style: Biedermeier
Antique Meissen Porcelain Vase with Hand-Painted Flowers, Ca 1900
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique Meissen porcelain vase with hand-painted flowers.
Purple and gold decoration. Ca. 1900.
Measures: 19.5 x 11 cm.
In excellen...
Category
Early 20th Century German Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Dutch Flemish Still Life
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a still life painting in a classical style showing servant with bread by table set with game - deer, boar, birds, fish and fruits.
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paint
$8,000
Girl Interrupted at Her Music Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a Dutch master style painting titled "Girl Interrupted at Her Music" showing woman in red seated by window
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paint
Fishing Boats Near Saintes Maries Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an impressionist seascape painting titled "Fishing Boats Near Saintes Maries" done in gold tone pen and ink
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paint
19th Century Danish Biedermeier Bleached Maple Chest of Drawers
Located in Carmine, TX
Small Biedermeier chest of drawers hand-made in Denmark in the early 1800s using maple and pine and decorated with maple book-matched veneer. The chest is very linear and features fo...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Maple
Pair of Outdoor White Painted Folding Side Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of outdoor white painted folding side chairs with metal frames and 2 slat back and 7 slat seat
Category
20th Century European Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Metal
Landscape of Houses in the Woods
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of Impressionist landscape painting showing houses nestled in woods on a hillside
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Continental German Cut Glass Decanter
Located in Queens, NY
Continental German (19/20th Century) cut glass decanter with 3 amber etched forest scenes with a deer, bird, and rabbit with a fluted ball stopper.
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Glass
Antique Meissen Porcelain Vase with Hand-Painted Flowers, Ca 1900
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique Meissen porcelain vase with hand-painted flowers.
Purple and gold decoration. Ca. 1900.
Measures: 18.5 x 11 cm.
In excellen...
Category
Early 20th Century German Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany, Antique Miniature Slipper in Hand Painted Porcelain
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany. Antique miniature slipper in hand painted porcelain, 19th century.
Measures: 9.5 x 3.5 cm.
In very good condition.
Stamped.
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Biedermeier Styled Smoking Pipe Head or Bowl with a Hand-Painted Female
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique and hand-painted smoking pipe head is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Austria in approximately 1880 in the period Biedermeier style. This tall pipe bowl has ...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Biedermeier Style Armchair by Villa Garnelo International of Spain
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Category
1970s American Vintage Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Wood
$1,076 Sale Price
40% Off
20th Century Vienna Biedermeier Style Secretaire after Johann Härle
By Johann Härle
Located in Berlin, DE
Aristocratic secretaire of Vienna Biedermeier after Johann Härle, 1813.
Highly valuable bird’s-eye maple root veneer on solid pinewood, partially ebonized, crested with classicist m...
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Pine, Birdseye Maple
Biedermeier Chair, Cherry Wood and Ink, South Germany, circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Elegant and rare Biedermeier chair from South Germany around 1820.
Cherry wood veneered and solid. Curved back board. Beautiful original tush /ink w...
Category
1820s French Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Paint, Cherry
Museum Biedermeier Secretary Signed by Adolph Friedrich Voigt, circa 1825
Located in Berlin, DE
Museum Biedermeier secretary signed by Adolph Friedrich Voigt, circa 1825
Fire-gilt fittings. High quality Cuba mahogany on solid linden wood. Architecturally structured front. Rect...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Biedermeier Commode, Denmark, 1820
Located in Belmont, MA
Biedermeier commode, Denmark 1820, Classic design with 4 drawers and beautiful mahogany veneer. In very good condition.
Category
1820s Danish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$3,800 Sale Price
24% Off
Austrian 1870s Biedermeier Style Four-Drawer Chest with Bookmarked Birch Veneer
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Austrian Biedermeier style four-drawer commode from the late 19th century, with birch veneer and shield-shaped escutcheons. Born in Imperial Austria...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch
Late 19th Century Mahogany Flap Coffee Table
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Late 19th Century Coffee Table,
Germany Ca:1890-1900
Mahogany
This is a beautiful 20th Century mahogany coffee table or sofa table, in the Biedermeier style with ebonized top. The...
Category
1890s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Regency Carved Pillar Candlesticks - A Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Add a touch of architectural stature and classic warmth to your mantel or dining table with this handsome pair of vintage turned wood candlesticks. Crafted in a Neoclassical or Biede...
Category
Late 20th Century American Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
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 Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Biedermeier Armchair, Scandinavia, circa 1900, After Renovation
Located in Chorzów, PL
Biedermeier armchair, Western Europe, circa 1860.
The furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation, the seat and backrest have been covered with a new velvet fa...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Biedermeier Oil Painting, Deer By A Mountain Stram, by Carl Hasch, Austria, 1875
Located in Vienna, AT
Deer in a forest clearing by a mountain stream
Oil on wooden panel
Signed 'Carl Hasch'
In a heavy, greenish natural wood frame
Landscape painting: Idyllic depiction of a deer in a ...
Category
1870s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
7 antique b&g bing
grøndahl deep plates. Hand painted with flowers
Located in København, Copenhagen
7 antique b&g bing & grøndahl deep plates. Hand painted with flowers. Soup/pasta plates.
Measures: 19.5 cm. x 4 cm. deep.
1860 / 70s.
In very good conditio...
Category
1860s Danish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
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...
Category
1960s German Vintage Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Metal
$1,873 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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...
Category
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique chest of drawers - post, Northern Europe, circa 1850.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique chest of drawers - bar from the mid-19th century in the Biedermeier style.
The style is characterized by simple design, consistent with comfort and functionality.
A chest o...
Category
1850s Norwegian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Set of 8 Paul Frankl Continental Ebonized
Upholstered "Skyscraper" Side Chairs
By Paul Frankl
Located in Queens, NY
SET of 8 Continental Art Deco (1929) \"Skyscraper\" dining / side chairs with reeded carved black lacquered curving wooden frames, upholstered in a beige and gold geometric patterned...
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Lacquer
Set of 2 Biedermeier Armchairs in Rustic, Countryside Style, Austria, circa 1850
Located in Wrocław, Poland
Set of two Armchairs made around mid 19th Century, most probably in Austria, meticulously crafted with a solid oak wooden frame. Each chair features a beautifully reupholstered seat ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Linen, Oak
Early 19th Century Biedermeier Mahogany Pyramid Cupboard
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid, light mahogany and ash. Strong conical body with hatbox.
Partially ebonised.
(O-224).
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Italian Satinwood and Ebonized Biedermeier Palladian Mirror, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian Biedermeier satinwood and ebonized palladian mirror with upper ormolu cherub swag mounts and lower ormolu floral medallion mounts. Mirror has ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Austrian Biedermeier Cherrywood Table Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier table desk composed of cherrywood and inlaid banding with a double pedestal base joined by a rod stretcher beneath a sh...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Cherry
Large Biedermeier-Style Wardrobe in Ash and Cherry, Dated 1884
Located in Greding, DE
Large two-door wardrobe in ash and cherry with fillet band inlays and ebonised columns. The cornice with accentuated pediment and ebonised segmental elements is inscribed: Elise Freu...
Category
1880s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Ash, Cherry
Writing Casket with Steel-Cut Decoration, Biedermeier, early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Small writing casket with thuja root veneer and surrounding steel-cut decoration. The casket is lockable and features an interior compartment for an inkwell, blotting sand, and a qui...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Steel
19th Century Biedermeier Walnut and Ebonized Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine early 19th century Biedermeier walnut and ebonized commode. Exceptional quality and craftsmanship. An exceptional piece!!
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Swedish Neoclassic Cream Painted, Parcel-Gilt Armchairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Swedish Neo-Classic (18th Century) cream painted, parcel-gilt armchairs with carved scroll & foliate styling, sateen upholstered back, armrests and seats in a multi-tonal gre...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
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 Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
Wall Clock in the Biedermeier Style, 19th Century
Located in Opole, PL
Wall Clock in the Biedermeier Style, 19th Century
Presenting a truly unique and original wall clock from the first half of the 19th century, crafted in the elegant Biedermeier style...
Category
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Rosewood
$2,113 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique bureau, Northern Europe, ca. 1910.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique bureau, Northern Europe, ca. 1910.
Very good condition, after renovation in our workshop.
Wood: mahogany
Dimensions: height 113 cm width 119 cm depth 63 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
German Biedermeier Mahogany Chest
Located in Queens, NY
German Biedermeier (19th Century) mahogany chest of drawers with marble column sides.
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique German Biedermeier Footed Silver Sugar Chest or Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique German sugar box is composed of .875 silver and dates to circa 1850 in the Biedermeier style. The box sits on ornately crafted feet and features clam shell relief decora...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Silver
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 Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Austrian Biedermeier Style Ebonized Center Table
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian (possibly Secessionist) (19/20th Century) ebonized oval center table with 4 fluted column legs and glass top and stretcher.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood, Glass
Empire Style Vitrine Light Up Display Cabinet Pedestal Chest of Drawers NINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Grosfeld House unusual cabinet display chest of drawers mirror vanity MINT!
Category
20th Century American Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
Austrian Biedermeier Maple Star Table
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (19th Century) maple & mahogany center table with an octagonal solid pedestal resting on a round platform base supporting an inlaid...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Maple
Library - antique display case, Northern Europe, around 1890.
Located in Chorzów, PL
A historic site - a library from the end of the 19th century.
Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Dimensions: height 182 cm / width 126 cm / depth 38 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Set of Four Biedermeier Style Botanical Wooden Wall Plaques
Located in Queens, NY
4 Swedish Biedermeier style 1950s maple rectangular wall plaques having a stylized inlaid floral design.
Category
Mid-20th Century Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Maple
Biedermeier Box, Ash Veneer, South Germany, circa 1830
Located in Regensburg, DE
Biedermeier Box, Ash Veneer, South Germany circa 1830
Ash veneered on softwood.
Original brass handle and pressed brass fitting
Restored and shellac hand-polished
Dimensions: H 12....
Category
1830s Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Ash
Impressive 20th Century English Style Writing Table, Beech Wood
Located in Berlin, DE
Impressive 20th century English style writing table,
Writing table in The English style. Maple Roots with thread intarsia on solid pinewood. Partially ebonized. Strongly bowed, fou...
Category
20th Century German Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Pine, Leather, Maple
Biedermeier Sewing Stand, Cherry Wood, South Germany, circa 1825
Located in Regensburg, DE
Biedermeier Sewing Stand, Cherry Wood, South Germany circa 1825
Rare, fine antique Biedermeier sewing stand. Cherry wood veneered and solid, ...
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Cherry, Softwood
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...
Category
1810s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19thCentury Biedermeier Living Room Set
Located in Opole, PL
We present you a living room set composed of a table, four chairs, and two armchairs.
The whole was manufactured in the second half of the 19th century.
The set is of simple, elega...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
$7,879 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Biedermeier Style Burl Ash and Bronze Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
Biedermeier Danish-style (20th Century) rectangular burl ash wall mirror with bronze trim corners.
Category
20th Century Danish Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Biedermeier Cherrywood Wall Mirror with Walnut Inlaid Trim
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (circa 1835) cherrywood rectangular wall mirror with ebonized and walnut inlaid trim and fluted edge.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Cherry
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Round Center Table with Spectacular Veneers
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Biedermeier fruitwood round center table with spectacular veneers, supported by a center pedestal with tripod cabriole legs attached to a triangular base stretcher. The table ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
Biedermeier Wall Mirror, Cherry Veneer, Brass Decor, South Germany, circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Very decorative, large neoclassical Biedermeier wall mirror from around 1820.
Cherry veneered on softwood and cherry solid. Hand polished with shellac (french polish).
Beautifu...
Category
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
Belgian Biedermeier Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Miami, FL
Offered is a Biedermeier (circa. 1830s) commode or 3-drawer dresser that has a Birch veneer finish and is embellished with leaf-draped marquetry.
It measures 40" W, 18" D, 37" H.
N...
Category
1830s Belgian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch
Austrian Biedermeier Cherrywood Round Center Table
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (19th Century) cherrywood round center table with 3 scroll legs and stretcher with brass finial.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Brass
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 Furniture
Materials
Wood
$2,872 Sale Price
34% Off
Pair (2) antique Biedermeier chairs circa 1840, birch
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair (2) antique Biedermeier chairs circa 1840, birch
Solid birch wood body. Seat cushion upholstered and covered with fabric. Grand-line frame and legs. Slightly curved backrest wi...
Category
1840s German Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Birch
Small Jewelry Box, Probably, Vienna, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
White lidded box standing on small spherical feet with trapezoidal body and lid with a groove. The fittings are silver plated. Key available. Interior veneered in cherry.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Furniture
Materials
Wood
$2,402 Sale Price
20% Off
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.
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