Still, when it came to the furniture style, “the name ‘Biedermeier’ was really a mislabeling,” claims Laurie Winters, director of the Museum of Wisconsin Art, who curated 2006’s ...

Biedermeier Furniture Is Having a Moment—Again! This 19th-century furniture style—originally made to accommodate a growing middle class—is ripe for revisiting. By Hannah Martin.

Those who have may just remember furniture in the Biedermeier style. Nowadays they are desirable and expensive while back then, ... Now the white hats were out and black hats were in.

It’s for this reason that Biedermeier is also synonymous with the comfortable, simple furniture — bright woods, clean lines, soft cushions — that flourished in this period between the ...

To many of us, Biedermeier means handsome, bourgeois furniture — wooden pieces born of clean lines, beautiful veneers and minimal fuss. But the Biedermeier style, which flourished in Europe ...

In their new book, "The World of Biedermeier" (Thames & Hudson), authors Linda Chase and Karl Kemp present their ideas about a well-regarded aesthetic movement based on classicism which blossomed ...

Long left out of the lineup of important furniture styles, Biedermeier is now prized for its elegantly restrained post-Empire lines. Made in Germany, Austria and northern Italy between 1815 and 185… ...