BY GUILLAUME GROHE, PARIS, CIRCA 1865

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A Napoleon III gilt-metal mounted ebonised breakfront display cabinet
BY GUILLAUME GROHE, PARIS, CIRCA 1865
With three glazed doors, each enclosing three adjustable shelves, stamped twice to the reverse Grohé a Paris
150 cm. high x 163 cm. wide x 49 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

The firm of Grohé was established in the mid 1820s in Paris by Guillaume and Jean-Michel Grohé. they exhibited at the major exhibitions throughout the 19th century and supplied furniture to the French royal households, as well as to Queen Victoria. Cf. D. Ledoux-Lebard, Les ébénistes du XIXe siècle, p. 237-244.

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