It was influenced by the georgian and adam styles and was superseded by the american empire style.
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.
Notable furniture makers who worked in the federal style included duncan phyfe and charles honoré lannuier.
The federal period in american furniture history was highly influenced by neoclassical styles but it still had a character all its own.
Federal style furniture is the furniture produced in the federal period which began after the united states gained independence and continued until 1820.