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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 1631598, member: 5066&quot;]I used to have this handy dandy article posted by Hollie Davis (columnist at MAD) that described the differences between these Neoclassical 3 related but different furniture styles. (adam, empire, late classical)</p><p>Unfortunately, that post went nite nite as the forum it was on is no longer hosted on the net. Perhaps I&#039;ll email &amp; see if she has a copy.</p><p>Empire was the 2nd of these 3 styles, it was handmade and featured carving, gilded brass mounts and stamped brass inlays.</p><p>Very few cabinetmakers in america at this time had the resources (carvers,gilders, stone cutters, etc) to pull off this style and those that did were located in the big cities of the time, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore.</p><p>In New York, cabinetmakers Duncan Phyfe &amp; Charles-Honore Lannuier (paris trained) were direct competitors who exemplified this Empire style.</p><p>This furniture was very expensive to build &amp; very few americans could afford it.</p><p>Late Classical was the 3rd and last of these Neoclassical styles and is often confused with &quot;empire&quot;, mostly for marketing reasons. It was largely machine made, had the same form as empire but none of the decoration (carving, gilding, inlay, stone).</p><p><br /></p><p>At the MET, <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?q=Charles-Honor%C3%A9%20Lannuier&amp;perPage=20&amp;sortBy=Relevance&amp;offset=0&amp;pageSize=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?q=Charles-Honor%C3%A9%20Lannuier&amp;perPage=20&amp;sortBy=Relevance&amp;offset=0&amp;pageSize=0" rel="nofollow">Charles-Honoré Lannuier</a> 1815-1819 Pier Table</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/19763?searchField=All&amp;amp;sortBy=Relevance&amp;amp;ft=empire+table&amp;amp;offset=0&amp;amp;rpp=20&amp;amp;pos=4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/19763?searchField=All&amp;amp;sortBy=Relevance&amp;amp;ft=empire+table&amp;amp;offset=0&amp;amp;rpp=20&amp;amp;pos=4" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/19763?searchField=All&amp;amp;sortBy=Relevance&amp;amp;ft=empire+table&amp;amp;offset=0&amp;amp;rpp=20&amp;amp;pos=4</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]233680[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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