Biedermeier Game 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.
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Maple, Spruce, Walnut
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Maple, Walnut
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Ash
1840s French Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Wood
1810s German Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Birch
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Walnut
1840s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Felt, Glass, Walnut
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Fruitwood, Mahogany
1840s German Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Wood
1810s Baltic Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Birch
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Bronze
2010s American Biedermeier Game Tables
Mahogany
2010s American Biedermeier Game Tables
Mahogany
1980s American Vintage Biedermeier Game Tables
Brass
19th Century English Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Biedermeier Game Tables
Walnut
2010s American Biedermeier Game Tables
Mahogany, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Biedermeier Game Tables
Wood
20th Century Italian Biedermeier Game Tables
Wood
1830s Welsh Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Pine
Early 20th Century French Biedermeier Game Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Biedermeier Game Tables
Walnut
1810s Baltic Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Birch
Mid-20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Game Tables
Ebony
Early 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Birch
1830s Swedish Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Birch
1930s Vintage Biedermeier Game Tables
Leather, Wood
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Cherry, Ebony, Softwood
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut, Pine
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Metal
1950s Vintage Biedermeier Game Tables
Birch
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Spruce, Nutwood
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Ash, Fruitwood, Maple, Oak, Spruce
Mid-19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Game Tables
Burl