A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted meuble d'appui

BY GUILLAUME GROH, PARIS, CIRCA 1865

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A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted meuble d'appui
By Guillaume Groh, Paris, Circa 1865
Surmounted by a serpentine white marble top, stamped twice to the underside GROH A PARIS, above a frieze drawer, surmounting a pair of cupboard doors, each centred by a satyr mask, opening to reveal an interior fitted with two adjustable shelves, headed to each side by a lion mask with foliate lower terminal, on four gadrooned bun feet
47 in. (120 cm.) high; 53 in. (135 cm.) wide; 21 in. (54 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The firm of Groh was established in the mid 1820s in Paris by Guillaume and Jean-Michel Groh. They exhibited at the major exhibitions throughout the 19th century and supplied furniture to the French Royal households, as well as to Queen Victoria. Following Guillaume's retirement in 1861, the younger brother Jean-Michel managed the business until 1884, when it ceased trading.

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