A footnote cradled in between the Hepplewhite and Federal styles, Sheraton style was named for the famed London cabinetmaker, Thomas Sheraton. Sheraton, who authored numerous furniture guides in the late 18th Century, promoted elegant silhouettes, straight, column-like legs, and dark woods like mahogany and beech—vintage Sheraton furniture in a nutshell. Among the most revered companies to produce in the Sheraton furniture style? The legendary Duncan Phyfe.