Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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.
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut, Spruce
1820s Slovak Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
20th Century Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Pine, Wood, Birdseye Maple
1820s Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
20th Century American Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Mahogany
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Iron
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
20th Century European Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Early 20th Century European Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Marble
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Mirror, Wood, Walnut
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch, Cherry, Walnut
2010s Spanish Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Pine
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry, Softwood
1880s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Mid-20th Century North American Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Maple
18th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
1870s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Mahogany
19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Glass, Walnut, Ebony
20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
1860s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Maple
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry
19th Century Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut, Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Satinwood, Walnut
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Mahogany
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Mahogany
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch
1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Iron, Tin
Mid-19th Century American Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Bronze
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Cherry
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Ebony
1850s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Bronze
1890s Norwegian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Russian Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Metal, Brass
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Mahogany
1880s Polish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Birch
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
20th Century German Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Wood
1850s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut
2010s Spanish Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Brass
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Pine
1870s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Walnut