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FEDERAL STYLE: The influence of ancient Greece and Rome is evident in this style of furniture alike with the European neoclassical style of furniture. The basic idea of the federal style is wooden furniture presenting colored inlays and geometric designs.

HISTORY: In other countries, the federal style of furniture is referred to as "neoclassical" or "American neoclassical". This style of furniture shares characteristics with the familiar European neoclassical style; however, Americans chose to name it the "federal" style because it became popular in the late 1700s, also known as the Federal period. This era was dubbed the Federal period because the Federalists and Anti-Federalists of post-revolutionary America were in dispute. In history, it is true that Federal furniture was most popular in between 1789 and 1820. Prosperous ports and cities along the coast, like Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, and Charleston, possessed loads of this type of furniture and are connected with it in history.



CHARACTERISTICS: -contrasted dark and light finish -light blue interiors -clean edges -straight lines -carvings, including:
 * ribbons
 * swags
 * fruit baskets
 * bunches of grapes
 * wheat shafts
 * half moons
 * eagles
 * cornucopia
 * bellflowers
 * fans
 * drapery
 * urns
 * shields