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A Large and Impressive Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Buffet With a Rouge Marble Top, by Maison Grohé.
French, Circa 1860.
Stamped twice to the top rail beneath the marble top and once to the drawer edge ‘GROHÉ / A PARIS’.
This exceptional buffet is made from the finest solid mahogany, it has a shaped Rouge marble top above a frieze with a single long drawer, supported by four gilt-bronze mounted monopodia legs with superb gilt-bronze Rams head capitals, laurel leaves and floral garlands. The buffet has open sides and a central shelf and is raised on a plinth base.
Guillaume and Jean-Michel Grohé, worked together from 1829 until Jean-Michel retired in 1861, the younger brother Guillaume continuing until 1884. They exhibited at the French Industrial Exhibition in 1834, and in 1847 became known as Grohé Frères with Guillaume the principal partner.
Dimensions
Height : 109 cm 43 inches Width : 218 cm 86 inches Depth : 60 cm 24 inchesStock number
B68915The BADA Standard
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