Sentence:  It need not be so true to style as the furniture intended for a more pretentious house, and the mahogany <WSD>American Empire</WSD> furniture, so popular about 1820, will become a farmhouse dwelling. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A French-inspired neoclassical style of American furniture and decoration originating from the Empire style introduced during the First French Empire period under Napoleon's rule.