Ligne Roset Furniture
With enduring designs like the immensely plush, Pop art–inspired Togo lounge chair and sofa, Ligne Roset has become synonymous with radical luxury furniture. However, when Antoine Roset (1841–93) started the company in 1860 in the small French town of Oussiat, its focus was on wooden umbrella handles.
In 1892, Ligne Roset’s founder expanded with a property in Montagnieu where he set up a wood-processing factory, eventually expanding into manufacturing chairs. After his death, his wife, Marie-Victorine, took over before his son, Emile Roset, began leading the company in the 1910s. It wasn’t until after World War II that Antoine’s grandson, Jean Roset, would recognize the need for furniture in settings like schools, hospitals and retirement homes and take inspiration from Scandinavian modern design for functional pieces made primarily from affordable beech.
Under Jean, Ligne Roset supplied quite a few European institutions with beautiful wood furnishings. In the 1970s, he shifted the company’s focus again, this time looking to domestic and residential markets. Around this time, Jean’s two sons, Pierre and Michel, joined the company. Ligne Roset opened its first store in 1973 with one of the most popular collections being designer Michel Ducaroy’s Togo modular sofa and chairs — classics of contemporary French design that look like oversize bent pillows.
After the success of this initial designer collaboration, Ligne Roset brought on more guest designers over the following decades, including Didier Gomez, Pascal Mourgue, Peter Maly, Pierre Paulin, Inga Sempé and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. Paulin’s Elysée sofa and Pumpkin chair — designed in 1971 for Elysée Palace — are among the brand’s most popular pieces.
The brand continues to be run by the Roset family who works on revolutionary furniture in partnership with a variety of collaborators. It has operated in Briord since 1973 where it produces its iconically sleek and innovative pieces.
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2010s Ligne Roset Furniture
Walnut
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather, Foam
1990s French Minimalist Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric
1970s French Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather, Foam
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Chenille, Linen
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Upholstery
1970s French Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Mohair, Upholstery
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather
Late 20th Century French Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather, Foam, Plexiglass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather, Foam
1970s French Space Age Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Altuglas, Plexiglass, Leather
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Suede, Ultrasuede
Early 2000s French Mid-Century Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Foam, Leather
1970s French Post-Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather, Foam
2010s French Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric
2010s French Ligne Roset Furniture
Beech, Velvet
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather, Foam
Early 2000s French Mid-Century Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather, Foam
2010s French Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric
1970s French Space Age Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather
Early 2000s French Ligne Roset Furniture
Metal
1990s French Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Metal
2010s French Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric
1990s French Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric
Late 20th Century French Space Age Ligne Roset Furniture
Ultrasuede
1980s French Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather, Plexiglass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric
Late 20th Century French Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric, Foam
Early 2000s French Ligne Roset Furniture
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather
1970s French Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Upholstery
1970s French Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric
Early 2000s French Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Chrome
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric, Foam
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather
Mid-20th Century French Post-Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric, Foam
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Cotton, Foam
Late 20th Century French Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather, Foam
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Cotton, Foam
Early 2000s Ligne Roset Furniture
Steel
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Velvet, Foam
Early 2000s French Mid-Century Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Steel
1970s French Space Age Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric, Altuglas, Plexiglass
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Chrome
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Ash
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Leather, Foam
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Fabric
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Aluminum
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Furniture
Metal
Early 2000s French Modern Ligne Roset Furniture
Wool