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. They ceased trading in 1884. See D. Ledoux-Lebard, Les ébénistes du XIXe siecle, p. 237-244.