Biedermeier Tables
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.
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry, Walnut
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut, Wood
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Birch
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Spruce, Cherry
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Pearwood
20th Century American Biedermeier Tables
Bronze
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Nutwood
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Pine
20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1810s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry
Early 20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Tables
Wood
20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Tables
Iron
1940s American Vintage Biedermeier Tables
Marble, Brass
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Brass
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Wood, Burl
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Birdseye Maple, Cherry
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Leather, Birch
19th Century Antique Biedermeier Tables
Wood, Mahogany, Giltwood
20th Century American Biedermeier Tables
Marble
19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Birch
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Tables
Wood
20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Tables
Birch
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry, Walnut
19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Birch
20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Tables
Birch
20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany
20th Century Italian Biedermeier Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany
1860s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Tables
Mahogany
1810s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1950s American Vintage Biedermeier Tables
Wood, Fruitwood
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Birch
19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Tables
Fruitwood
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Cherry
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Tables
Wood
1980s American Vintage Biedermeier Tables
Olive
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
1880s French Antique Biedermeier Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Tables
Marble
1820s Hungarian Antique Biedermeier Tables
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
2010s Spanish Biedermeier Tables
Brass





