The federal period continued in furniture manufacturing through the 1820s although the empire style was also gaining popularity at that time.
Empire federal style furniture.
Antique american federal mahogany empire style sofa circa 1820.
A french émigré charles honoré lannuier was one of the first cabinetmakers to introduce the style to america.
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Those originals are hard to come by but there was a major revival of the duncan phyfe style in the 1930s making these pieces plentiful for those who admire the style.
Antique sofa a victorian mahogany.
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Before this new style american furniture was highly inspired by british trends which encouraged light thin and elegant forms.
Walnut victorian sofa circa 1865.
American empire is a french inspired neoclassical style of american furniture and decoration that takes its name and originates from the empire style introduced during the first french empire period under napoleon s rule.
After 1820 and is considered the second more robust phase of the neoclassical style which earlier had been expressed in the adam style in britain and louis seize or louis xvi in france.
By contrast the american empire style was bulky and large but not.
Supporting columns on the corners of dressers and glass in place of raised panels were also hallmarks of this period.
It gained its greatest popularity in the u s.