Historic American Federal Furniture
Federal bull’s eye mirror, carved giltwood, gesso, eagle finial, (cracks and loss to gilt and wood, loose bottom element), Mid-Atlantic states, c.1810, 32 in. h. by 17 3/4 in. w., $1,250.
American Federal furniture, sometimes identified as Neoclassical or American Neoclassical, was popular between 1789 and 1823. Furniture from this period reflected a transformed take on classical European designs and became a style all its own. Hindman’s recent auction in Cincinnati, Ohio, had several examples. Two-hundred-year-old furniture can be expected to have a few flaws and […]