FAUTEUIL - Upholstered armchair, originally French, with open sides
(see bergère).
FEDERAL - American furniture style from 1780, following the
Revolution, to 1830. It began by echoing and often amalgamating the
neoclassical styles of such English masters as
Adam, Hepplewhite, and
Sheraton, and later took on influences from France. Duncan Phyfe is among
its most notable craftsmen. It is refined and rectilinear, often with
veneering and inlay. Brass feet and casters and
brass-ring drawer and door pulls are common on casegoods.