Biedermeier Style
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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.
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German cherry wood furniture, circa 1830. Note horsehair upholstery on sofa.
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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.
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A south German walnut veneer secretary desk.
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A Viennese chair with pedistal base. Figured walnut veneer.
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Pier commode by Josef Danhauser, Vienna, circa 1815.
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A Viennese cherry-veneer scallop-back side chair.
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Table made of cherry in Prague. Circa 1820-1830.
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A Viennese mahogany secretary desk. The base and lyre-shaped riser contain drawers and a fall-front writing table.
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German chair, sewing tables and paper basket.
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A beechwood bed designed for Queen Louise by Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
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