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Biedermeier

(bē′dər mī′ər)

adjective

designating or of a style of German furniture design in the first half of the 19th cent., characterized by solidity, comfort, and deliberate simplicity of decoration

Origin: Ger, after (Gottlieb) Biedermeier, fictitious author of stodgy poems published (1855-57, and later) by Adolf Kussmaul and Ludwig Eichrodt to satirize Ger bourgeois tastes

See Biedermeier in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of or relating to a type of furniture developed in Germany during the first half of the 19th century and modeled after French Empire styles.

Origin:

Origin: After Gottlieb Biedermeier, the unsophisticated imaginary author of poems written by Ludwig Eichrodt (1827-1892) and others

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