Biedermeier Center 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.
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Cherry, Maple, Walnut, Softwood
1830s Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Maple
1890s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Cherry
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Birdseye Maple
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Wood
1870s Norwegian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut, Spruce
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Cherry, Maple, Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Birch, Satinwood
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Nutwood
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Cherry
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Spruce, Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Biedermeier Center Tables
Wood
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Cherry
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Cherry, Maple, Nutwood, Spruce
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Biedermeier Center Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Cherry
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Birch
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Pine
Early 19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Birdseye Maple, Maple, Burl
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Fruitwood
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Upholstery, Cherry, Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Birch
Late 19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Cherry
1830s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Spruce, Fruitwood
1840s French Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Center Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Cherry
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Pearwood
Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Fruitwood, Mahogany
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Center Tables
Spruce, Cherry