Ligne Roset Sideboards
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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Early 2000s French Minimalist Ligne Roset Sideboards
Aluminum
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Ligne Roset Sideboards
Aluminum
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Sideboards
Wood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Sideboards
Chrome
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Sideboards
Pine
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Sideboards
Walnut
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Sideboards
Metal
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Ligne Roset Sideboards
Hardwood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Dutch Ligne Roset Sideboards
Chrome
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Ligne Roset Sideboards
Wood, Hardwood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Ligne Roset Sideboards
Brass, Iron
2010s American Ligne Roset Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ligne Roset Sideboards
Wood
2010s French Modern Ligne Roset Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
1970s French Vintage Ligne Roset Sideboards
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Ligne Roset Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Ligne Roset Sideboards
