Tapered Biedermeier Secretary

Birch wood was particularly popular in the Biedermeier period. In northern Germany, birch wood was used as veneer from 1800 onwards, and in Scandinavia it was also used as solid wood.

Masonry marquetry is the term we use to describe marquetry in the form of bricked stones.

Marquetry is the term used to describe a picture made up of individual pieces of veneer. These can be figurative pictures or ornamental ones, such as the bandelwerk from the Baroque period.

The term "ebonising" refers to the blackening of wood. As the root of the word suggests, this is how people have tried to imitate the very expensive ebony.

Columns can be found on antique furniture from almost every era. They flank the drawers of chests of drawers and writing furniture or actually have a supporting function in the form of table legs.

Birch wood was particularly popular in the Biedermeier period. In northern Germany, birch wood was used as veneer from 1800 onwards, and in Scandinavia it was also used as solid wood.

The Schinkel roof or Schinkel gable is the triangular gable that we often find as the upper end of Biedermeier furniture.

A cornice is the roof or head of a piece of furniture.

Recommended beginner's book with good photos, detailed descriptions and a lot of interesting background knowledge about Empire and Biedermeier furniture.