Biedermeier

 
Pronunciation: /ˈbiːdəˌmʌɪə/

adjective

  • denoting or relating to a style of furniture and interior decoration current in Germany in the period 1815–48, characterized by restraint, conventionality, and utilitarianism.

Origin:

from the name of Gottlieb Biedermaier, a fictitious German provincial schoolmaster and poet created by L. Eichrodt (1854)