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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 258507, member: 5066&quot;]Well actually, this really isn&#039;t American Empire, although it&#039;s often referred that way, it&#039;s &quot;late classical&quot; and many refer to it as &quot;pillar &amp; scroll&quot; or &quot;empire revival&quot;. Late Classical has all the curves of empire, just none of the carving, carved animal/beast feet or gilded elements that true american empire has.</p><p>It&#039;s very confusing in a way as these styles in america lasted for over 100 years, roughly from 1800-1900. Here is a pic of american empire, attributed to duncan phyfe.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]80578[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For a a very good description of the differences between these styles in america, i turn it over to Hollie Davis, who writes a column at MAD and offered up this on another forum. She explains it better than i can.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://rarevictorian.com/2009/06/empire-furniture-isnt-always-empire-furniture.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rarevictorian.com/2009/06/empire-furniture-isnt-always-empire-furniture.html" rel="nofollow">http://rarevictorian.com/2009/06/empire-furniture-isnt-always-empire-furniture.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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