Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
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 Danish Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Fruitwood
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany
Late 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mahogany, Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Brass
20th Century French Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Brass
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Cherry
1880s English Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Glass, Maple
1810s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Walnut
19th Century Italian Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Brass
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Nutwood, Mirror
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
2010s Italian Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
1860s British Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
19th Century British Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
1810s French Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Hardwood
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
2010s American Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror
Mid-20th Century Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Metal
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Birch, Softwood
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Nutwood, Mirror
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mahogany
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Fruitwood
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Wood, Walnut, Mirror, Softwood
1950s Great Britain (UK) Vintage Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
20th Century Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Wood, Maple, Pine
19th Century European Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Wood
1820s German Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mahogany
19th Century Swedish Antique Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mahogany, Giltwood