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das Biedermeier (no pl.)
   Biedermeier period/era*
Biedermeier-
   (prefix, adj) Biedermeier* (art, style, furniture, etc.)

Der Eintritt ist frei. Plötzlich sind Besucher aus der Zeit gefallen, sind mit einem Ruck in der Biedermeier-Welt.
Admittance is free. Suddenly visitors have fallen out of time; with a jolt they’re in the Biedermeier world [of art].
Wer auch Sinn für schönes Porzellan aus dem Biedermeier oder Empire besitzt, der ist nach seinem Herzen.
Anyone who also has an appreciation for beautiful porcelain from the Biedermeier or Empire period is someone after his own heart.

*Biedermeier: The term arose around 1900, based on the fictitious author Gottlieb Biedermeier, whose stodgy poems (1855-57) satirized German bourgeois tastes. The Biedermeier era of art, architecture and literature in Europe ran roughly from 1815 to 1848. The furniture style corresponds to the Regency style in England, the Federal style in the US and the French Empire style. For more, see the Wikipedia "Biedermeier" entries in German or English.

Related:
bieder (adj) honest, upright; conventional, conservative
die Biederkeit honesty, uprightness; conventionality, conservatism
der Biedermann man of integrity; petty bourgeois,
  philistine (Philister)
der Biedermeierstil the Biedermeier style
das Biedermeiersträußchen bouquet, posy (with paper frill)
die Biedermeierzeit the Biedermeier period

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