Set of six Biedermeier chairs with vine leaf inlays

The texture of the cherry tree is plain and straight, ingrown knots or unevenly grown trunks enliven the wood. The reddish-brown shade of the cherry tree darkens over the years and develops a beautiful patina.

In the Biedermeier period, black ebony was used as a contrast to light woods such as cherry, birch or ash. It was used for key plates and thread inlays.

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 work systematically documents the achievements and structures of the Mainz cabinetmakers of the early 19th century, including Wolfgang Knussmann, Wilhelm Kimbel and Anton Bembé.