The Federal style — sometimes called Adam style after the Scottish brothers who popularized it — shaped American homes from roughly 1780 to 1830, just after independence. Where Georgian trim is robust and Greek Revival is heavy, Federal moulding is delicate and refined: slim reeded pilasters, fine bead-and-reel detailing, oval and elliptical motifs, and crisp, narrow profiles that feel almost neoclassical-jewelry in scale.
Mason’s Mill carries 44 Federal & Adam profiles suited to early Republic townhouses, New England center-hall colonials, and Charleston single houses. They pair beautifully with our Georgian and Greek Revival profiles when layering periods on a single restoration.
We offer a high-grade FAS hickory that comes out of Indiana. Often used for the handles of striking tools, such as axes and hammers. It is also used for baseball bats, furniture, ladders, vehicle parts, cutting surfaces, violin bows, piano keys and handles. Hickory is usually straight grained, or it can be wavy or irregular, with a coarse texture that has a medium luster.
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