Biedermeier
Biedermeier
Definition
Bie·der·meier (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
Etymology: 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
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