Pair of Inlaid Biedermeier Armchairs Austria 19th Century

Pair of Inlaid Biedermeier Armchairs Austria 19th Century - Attributed to Johann Nepomuk Geyer

Features

Attributed to Johann Nepomuk Geyer

Style: Biedermeier (1815-1848)

Age: 19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Origin: Vienna, Austria

Main essence: Ash Tree , Rosewood

Material: Ash Burl

Description

Pair of Biedermeier armchairs attributed to Johann Nepomuk Geyer, finely inlaid ash burl with rosewood threads on the whole surface. Perfectly in line with the Biedermeier taste of the 1830s. The seats are decorated with curves and volutes leaning on each other elegantly. Removable seats, the fabric is in Art Nouveau style and was probably replaced at the end of the century. Manufactured in Austria, second quarter of the 19th century.

Product Condition:
The item shows signs of wear due to age. Any damage or loss is displayed as completely as possible in the pictures. It may require restoration and recovery of french polish.

Additional Information

Style: Biedermeier (1815-1848)

The Biedermeier style is a style that characterizes German and Austrian furniture between approximately 1815 (Congress of Vienna) and 1848 (beginning of the revolutionary movements).
Its main features are essentiality and functionality, and the home destination.
Biedermeier first took on a derogatory connotation: the word derives from "Bieder", or "simpleton" and from "Meir", one of the most common German surnames at the time and was the name of a "simpleton" character in a comedy of Ludwig Eichrodt.
This term meant the conservative petty bourgeois, concerned only with his own family reality.
Even if in a derogatory way, the term represents exactly the new socio-political situation in which the bourgeois is forced or resigned to renounce the yearnings for democracy and freedom.
The center of life therefore becomes the home, no longer characterized by unbridled luxury but comfortable and practical.
Consequently, Biedermeier furniture are functional, comfortable and easily achievable products.
The style is an evolution of the Empire style towards greater simplification, without ornamental and antique elements, lighter, linear and curved shapes, lighter colors.
Find out more about the Biedermeier style with our insights:
Biedermeier, the comfortable and practical style
Biedermeier, when a style d 'furniture transforms an environment
FineArt: group eight Biedermeier applique, Vienna, 1820-1830
FineArt: Biedermeier Reifenluster, Vienna, c. 1820-1830 - Viennese chandelier

Age: 19th Century / 1801 - 1900

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Main essence:

Ash Tree

Ash wood is divided into two types. The first, white ash, is obtained from the fraxinus americana which grows in North America and Europe, is very elastic and resistant but subject to woodworm. It is used in the construction of furniture and more rarely as an ornament. The second type, the common ash, is obtained from the fraxinus excelsior which grows in Europe, northwestern Africa and western Asia, and was used by English and American cabinetmakers to make chairs.

Rosewood

Under the term Rosewood various exotic, hard and heavy woods have been united, characterized by a color that varies from pink to violet. Their origin is usually from Latin America, India and Africa and are still considered very valuable woods. Until the end of the eighteenth century, this name also referred to the bois de violette . In general, rosewood woods began to be imported into Europe starting in 1750 and were first used for veneers and inlays in England, flanked, by contrast, with lighter woods. Later, entire valuable furniture was manufactured both in England, mainly in the Regency style, and in France, starting from the Neoclassical period.