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