North vs South German Biedermeier Furniture — How to Tell Them Apart and Why It Matters for Collectors
When Napoleon fell and the Congress of Vienna redrew the European map in 1815, the German Confederation that emerged was not a country. It was 39 separate states, each with its own court, economy, and workshop traditions, loosely held together by Metternich’s conservative political order. The furniture made across those 39 states during the next […]