Biedermeier Style
Interior watercolor by Johann Erdmann Hummel. The furniture is in the simplified Empire Style known as Biedermeier which was very popular with the middle classes in Germany.
German cherry wood furniture, circa 1830. Note horsehair upholstery on sofa.
Dining room with Austrian furniture. The dinner service is stored in a pair of walnut veneer cabinets with a matched sunburset design. Note that chairs display a combination of cherry veneer, ebonized pear wood, and gilding.
A south German walnut veneer secretary desk.
A Viennese chair with pedistal base. Figured walnut veneer.
Pier commode by Josef Danhauser, Vienna, circa 1815.
A Viennese cherry-veneer scallop-back side chair.
Table made of cherry in Prague. Circa 1820-1830.
A Viennese mahogany secretary desk. The base and lyre-shaped riser contain drawers and a fall-front writing table.
German chair, sewing tables and paper basket.
A beechwood bed designed for Queen Louise by Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
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