Biedermeier Dining Room 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 Dining Room Tables
Mahogany
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Wood
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Walnut
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Birch
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Walnut, Spruce
1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Nutwood
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Spruce, Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Birch
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Walnut
1840s German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Maple, Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Cherry
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Mahogany
20th Century German Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Wood
Early 1800s Czech Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Spruce, Wood, Lacquer
1890s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Walnut
20th Century German Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Walnut
1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Wood, Lacquer, Oak
19th Century Czech Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Wood, Lacquer, Walnut
1820s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Wood, Walnut, Lacquer, Fabric, Upholstery, Rattan
1820s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Fabric, Upholstery, Rattan, Wood, Lacquer, Birch
19th Century Czech Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Wood, Lacquer, Glass, Cherry
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
19th Century Czech Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Wood, Walnut, Lacquer, Fabric
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Walnut
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Yew
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Wood, Mahogany, Walnut
1830s Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Cherry
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Wood, Mahogany
1820s French Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Iron
20th Century German Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Cherry
20th Century German Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Birdseye Maple
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Cherry, Pine
19th Century Czech Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Walnut
19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Fruitwood
20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Carrara Marble
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Mahogany
20th Century German Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Maple, Beech
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Cherry
Mid-19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Oak, Pine, Cherry
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Chestnut
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Maple, Wood
20th Century German Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Mahogany