Henriette Granville Suhr was an interior designer who specialized in merchandising and store display. Born in Vienna, Austria in 1917, Granville moved to Paris with her family in the 1920s. Around 1934, her mother met Parsons School of Design president William Odom and Van Day Truex, who led the school's Paris Ateliers. Granville and her sister entered the Paris school that year, and Granville studied interior design with famed designer Jean-Michel Frank, among others. After graduating in 1937, Granville went to work for decorator Jeanne Lanvin in Paris and remained in this position until immigrating to New York City in 1941. Shortly thereafter, Granville began working at Macy's department store, becoming the first woman to create the store's window displays.

Granville's career blossomed. She moved to Lord and Taylor in 1946 and to Kandell Inc., a drapery and upholstery company, in 1947. In 1949, she began a long tenure at Bloomingdale's department store as fashion coordinator for Home Furnishings and the Men's Store, and manager of the Interior Decorating Department. She became known for her skill in arranging home furnishings into coordinated model rooms, enabling customers to imagine the merchandise in their own homes. This form of display became standard practice across the industry.

In 1950 or 1951, and again in 1952, Edgar Kaufmann, curator of the Museum of Modern Art's "Good Design" exhibitions, selected Bloomingdale's as the sole department store in New York City to display home furnishings from the influential show. Kaufmann and Granville remained close friends. Another of Granville's professional connections to become a friend was furniture designer T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, or "Gibby," as he was known to those close to him.

In 1957, Granville was responsible for the planning, design and installation of the first ever import show at Bloomingdale's, "At Home with Scandinavian Design." The exhibition, five showrooms that Granville filled with furniture, fabrics, lighting, china and accessories, met with resounding success and has been credited with popularizing Scandinavian home design in the American retail market.

As a marketing and design consultant, from 1958 to 1964 Granville represented such companies as Baker, Dansk, Boris Kroll Fabrics, and Kaufmanns, Pittsburgh. She was also instrumental in the establishment of the Fashion Group's home furnishings section. Granville also served as a critic in Parsons's Interior Architecture and Decoration Department from 1952-1959.

In 1956, Granville and her husband, William Suhr, the Frick Museum's chief conservator, acquired Rocky Hills, a thirteen-acre farm in Mount Kisco, New York. While Granville (in later years using her married name, Henriette Suhr), continued consulting into the 1980s--her last project was for Lord and Taylor gift shop--the couple grew increasingly passionate about gardening and environmental issues. They held open days in the gardens at Rocky Hills and sponsored educational programs.

Henriette Granville Suhr died in March, 2015. Rocky Hills was later established as a land trust to be protected as green space in perpetuity.