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.
Rift cut is a term that refers to the visual characteristics of the face of each board. The lumber is sawn for the best grain rather than the highest grade. Our rift white oak is an S&B grade out of the Appalachian mountains.
Rift white oak is a hard and heavy wood, typically used for furniture, cabinet making, interior trim work, paneling flooring, cooperage for wine and whiskey, and shingles.
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