A federal style couch with basic geometric shape and modeled vaguely on a roman sarcophagus federal furniture tends to emphasize basic geometric shapes generally squares circles triangles and.
American federal style furniture.
In the early decades the new country was still defining its government and traditions so the term federal refers specifically to the period after the revolutionary war.
Federal style furniture is the furniture produced in the federal period which began after the united states gained independence and continued until 1820.
Federal style furniture also known as neoclassical or american neoclassical furniture outside the united states is the style of furniture that gained prominence and became synonymous with the federal period in american history.
The federal period in american furniture history was highly influenced by neoclassical styles but it still had a character all its own.