2023 Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset Pumpkin 3-Seat Large Settee / Sofa
By Pierre Paulin, Ligne Roset
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Listed for sale is a Pumpkin Sofa made of an ABS base and polyether foam covered in a green wool
Fabric, Foam
2 Seater Pumpkin Sofa by Pierre Paulin
By Pierre Paulin
Located in lyon, FR
2 seater pumpkin sofa by Pierre Paulin. White leather. Good condition. Designed in 1971 for the
Leather
Pumpkin Sofa by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset
By Pierre Paulin
Located in Dronten, NL
Apple green pumpkin three-seater sofa by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset France. Marked. Pierre
Fabric
Brown Pumpkin - 2-Seater Sofa by Pierre Paulin - 2015
By Pierre Paulin
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Brown Pumpkin 2-seater sofa - Pierre Paulin Brown Alcantara Edition Ligne Roset Measures
Textile
Pierre Paulin White Leather "Pumpkin" Sofa for Ligne Roset, 2008
By Pierre Paulin
Located in Coronado, CA
A stunning, sleek and super comfy "Pumpkin" sofa designed by Pierre Paulin in original, supple
Leather
Pumpkin Sofa by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset
By Pierre Paulin, Ligne Roset
Located in amstelveen, NL
Pumpkin 3-seater sofa designed by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset. Reupholstered in a boucle by
Bouclé
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H 28 in W 99 in D 32 in
Pierre Paulin "Pumpkin" Leather Sofa with Three Seats, circa 1970, France
By Pierre Paulin
Located in Girona, Spain
Pierre Paulin "Pumpkin" leather sofa with three seats. Designed for the Elysée Palace, Paris
Leather
Pumpkin Sofa by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset, France, 2008
By Ligne Roset, Pierre Paulin
Located in amstelveen, NL
Pumpkin 2-seater sofa designed by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset, France, 2008. Reupholstered in a
Velvet
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H 27.56 in W 69.69 in D 34.26 in
Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset Red Fabric 2 Seater Pumpkin Loveseat Sofa
By Ligne Roset, Pierre Paulin
Located in Basildon, London
Originally designed by Pierre Paulin in 1971 for the Elysée Palace, the pumpkin sofa was only in
Fabric
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H 27.56 in W 69.69 in D 34.26 in
Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset Red Fabric 2 Seater Pumpkin Loveseat Sofa
By Ligne Roset, Pierre Paulin
Located in Basildon, London
Originally designed by Pierre Paulin in 1971 for the Elysée Palace, the pumpkin sofa was only in
Fabric
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H 27.56 in W 69.69 in D 34.26 in
Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset Blue Fabric 2 Seater Pumpkin Loveseat Sofa
By Ligne Roset, Pierre Paulin
Located in Basildon, London
Originally designed by Pierre Paulin in 1971 for the Elysée Palace, the pumpkin sofa was only in
Fabric
A 21st Century Red "Pumpkin Sofa" By Ligne Roset, France c.2010
By Pierre Paulin, Ligne Roset
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Originally designed by Pierre Paulin in 1971 for the Elysée Palace, the pumpkin sofa was only in
Fabric
Pumpkin Sofa by Pierre Paulin
By Pierre Paulin
Located in PARIS, FR
3 Seater sofa - "Pumpkin" model by Pierre Paulin. Edition Ligne Roset. Entirely reupholstered in
Fabric
Pierre Paulin, Pumpkin 2 Seater Sofa, 2019
By Pierre Paulin
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Pumpkin 2 seater sofa - Pierre Paulin - 2019. White leather. Ligne Roset edition. Measures: H 70
Leather
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H 27.56 in W 69.69 in D 34.26 in
Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset Red Fabric 2 Seater Pumpkin Loveseat Sofa
By Pierre Paulin, Ligne Roset
Located in Basildon, London
Originally designed by Pierre Paulin in 1971 for the Elysée Palace, the pumpkin sofa was only in
Fabric
Sold
H 27.56 in W 69.69 in D 34.26 in
Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset Black Leather 2 Seater Pumpkin Loveseat Sofa
By Pierre Paulin, Ligne Roset
Located in Basildon, London
Originally designed by Pierre Paulin in 1971 for the Elysée Palace, the pumpkin sofa was only in
Leather
Pierre Paulin “Pumpkin” Sofa for Ligne Roset, 1971
By Pierre Paulin, Ligne Roset
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Pierre Paulin “Pumpkin” sofa, for Lignet Roset, metal, plastic, polyurethane foam, France, 1971
Metal
Pierre Paulin Pumpkin Sofa for Ligne Roset
By Ligne Roset, Pierre Paulin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pierre Paulin design "Pumpkin" two seater sofa or loveseat by Line Roset. Contemporary edition less
Suede, Ultrasuede
Pierre Paulin Leather Pumpkin Sofa
By Pierre Paulin
Located in Chicago, IL
Pumpkin sofa by Pierre Paulin. Original leather is soft and supple.
Leather
Ligne Roset Pumpkin Sofa by by Pierre Paulin
By Pierre Paulin
Located in Basildon, London
Introducing the Pumpkin Sofa by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset, a luxurious addition to any living
Fabric, Foam
Pierre Pailin "Pumpkin" Leather Two-Seater Sofa
By Pierre Paulin
Located in New York, NY
Pierre Pailin "Pumpkin" leather two-seater sofa. White leather comfortable sofa.
Leather
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H 27.56 in W 70.08 in D 32.68 in
Pierre Paulin's "Pumpkin" Sofa Published by Ligne Roset, circa 1970
By Ligne Roset, Pierre Paulin
Located in Paris, FR
Pumpkin leather sofa by Pierre Paulin published by Ligne Roset, circa 1970.
Leather, Foam, Plastic
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H 27.56 in W 70.08 in D 32.68 in
Pumpkin 2-Seater Sofa Designed by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset, in Its Original
By Ligne Roset, Pierre Paulin
Located in OSS, NB
Pumpkin 2-seater sofa designed by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset. In its original white leather
Leather
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H 27.17 in W 98.43 in D 31.5 in
Pierre Paulin - Edition Ligne Roset - "Pumpkin" model - 3 seaters
By Ligne Roset, Pierre Paulin
Located in Brussels , BE
Pierre Paulin - Edition Ligne Roset - "Pumpkin" model - 3 seaters
Textile
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H 27.17 in W 68.9 in D 31.5 in
Pierre Paulin - Edition Ligne Roset - "pumpkin" modele - 2 seaters
By Ligne Roset, Pierre Paulin
Located in Brussels , BE
Pierre Paulin - Edition Ligne Roset - "pumpkin" modele - 2 seaters
Textile
Pumpkin 3-seater sofa by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset 2010
By Pierre Paulin
Located in Sas van Gent, NL
Modernist design by Pierre Paulin, the Pumpkin was designed by Paulin in the 70s to represent an
Fabric, Plastic, Foam
$2,650 / item
H 11.65 in Dm 23.2 in
Franco Albini & Franca Helg 'Model 2050' Suspension Lamp in Smoke for Astep
By Franco Albini and Franca Helg, Astep
Located in Glendale, CA
Franco Albini & Franca Helg 'Model 2050' Suspension Lamp in Smoke for Astep. Originally designed in 1963 by Franco Albini and Franca Helg, the re-edition of this iconic pendant is e...
Steel
Jumbo Coffee Table by Gae Aulenti for Knoll Black Marble 1960s
By Knoll, Gae Aulenti
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Jumbo Coffee Table by Gae Aulenti for Knoll Black Marble 1960s Iconic Jumbo coffee table in good original condition with high polish intact. Original Knoll sticker on the leg. Compos...
Marble
Douglas Sofa by Lawson-Fenning
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Douglas sofa is a low-slung sofa with a down-wrapped seat cushion and solid American walnut or white oak legs. The Lawson-Fenning Collection is designed and handmade in Los Ang...
Mohair, Walnut
Bare Bronze Wall Mirror by OOM Contemporary Glass
Located in Geneve, CH
Bare Bronze Wall Mirror by OOM Contemporary Glass Dimensions: Ø 95 cm. Materials: Silver nitrate on 4 mm bronze curved glass. Discover the Dome Collection, where glass artistry meet...
Other
$1,518
H 31.5 in W 29.93 in D 34.65 in
French post-modern green armchair Femina Body Annie Hiéronimus Ligne Rose, 1990s
By Annie Hiéronimus, Ligne Roset
Located in MIlano, IT
French post-modern green armchair Femina Body Annie Hiéronimus Ligne Rose, 1990s Set of armchair and pouf mod. Femina Body in green fabric with visible stitching that forms a geometr...
Fabric, Wood
Restored Stick Reed Rattan "President" Chaise Lounge
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Relax in this restored 1930 "President" stick rattan chaise lounge chair. The lounge features a spindle design with a fan back and sides and a soft and comfortable cushion top. The "...
Fabric, Wicker, Rattan
$26,719
H 25.2 in W 33.47 in D 31.5 in
Set of beautiful ABCD chairs by Pierre Paulin for Artifort, Netherlands 1968
By Artifort, Pierre Paulin
Located in Echt, NL
Impressive pair of ABCD lounge chairs in immaculate condition. The chairs were designed by Pierre Paulin in 1968. And they were manufactured by the Dutch Artifort company. The ABC...
Metal
American Art Deco Table Attributed to Eugene Schoen
By Eugene Schoen
Located in New York, NY
This large Art Deco table is attributed to the Austrian born New York designer Eugene Schoen. The mahogany carcass is veneered in Macassar, and surfaced with a sheet of black opaline...
Opaline Glass, Macassar, Mahogany
$4,007
H 30.71 in W 23.23 in D 21.66 in
Marcel Kammerer Original Gerbruder Thonet Armchair in Beech and Cane 1909
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Marcel Kammerer
Located in Cascina, Pisa
A single armchair, model number 6522, manufactured by Gebruder Thonet in 1909 and designed by the Viennese architect Marcel Kammerer. This Thonet armchair presents a structure in dar...
Cane, Beech
$5,800 / set
H 12 in W 75 in D 34 in
Pair of Unusual Art Deco 'Rickshaw" Split Reed Stick Wicker Chaise Lounge Chairs
By Ypsilanti Furniture
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful pair of Art Deco Split Reed chaise longue chairs, "Rickshaw", retain all four original wheels, appear to be painted one time (many years ago) amazing canary yellow, great p...
Reed, Wicker
$5,768 / set
H 0.04 in Dm 0.04 in
1931 Rene Lalique Glassware Blidah 6 Glasses-Tumblers, Tray and Decanter
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Set "Blidah" made in glass by René Lalique created in 1931. Stamped signature on each piece. Set in perfect condition. Including: - 6 tumblers goblets glasses of 12.5 cm high - 1 pi...
Glass, Art Glass
$5,708
H 28.35 in W 82.68 in D 31.5 in
Pierre Paulin, 3 Seater Armchair Model 442, Édition Artifort, 1962
By Pierre Paulin
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Pierre Paulin - 3 seater armchair model 442 - Édition Artifort, 1962 Original textile Measures: L 210 x P 80 x H 72. Sofa - Pierre Paulin Sofa 442, Artifort edition New fabric
Metal
Magazine holder no.33 by Thonet
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Magazine holder no.33 by Thonet in very nice original condition.
Beech, Bentwood
Customizable Wittmann Kolinas Sofa by Jaime Hayon
By Wittmann, Jaime Hayon
Located in New York, NY
With KOLINAS, Jaime Hayon playfully reinterprets the classic sofa form. As we‘ve come to expect from the Hayon-Wittmann collaboration, the result is a collection of unique and charac...
Upholstery
Pierre Paulin introduced a fresh breeze into French furniture design in the 1960s and ’70s, fostering a sleek new Space-Age aesthetic. Along with Olivier Mourgue, Paulin developed chairs, sofas, dining tables and other furnishings with flowing lines and almost surreal naturalistic forms. And his work became such a byword for chic, forward-looking design and emerging technologies that two French presidents commissioned him to create environments in the Élysée Palace in Paris.
Paulin was born in Paris to a family of artists and designers. He initially sought to become a ceramist and sculptor and was studying in the town of Vallauris near the Côte d'Azur — a center for pottery making, where Pablo Picasso spent his postwar summers crafting ceramics — but broke his hand in a fight. He enrolled at the École Camondo, the Paris interior design school. There, Paulin was strongly influenced by the work of Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson and Arne Jacobsen, as was reflected in his early creations for the manufacturer Thonet-France.
It was at the Dutch firm Artifort, which he joined in 1958, where Paulin blossomed. In a few years, he produced several of his signature designs based on abstract organic shapes. These include the Butterfly chair (1963), which features a tubular steel frame and slung leather, and a group of striking seating pieces made with steel frames covered in polyurethane foam and tight jersey fabric: the Mushroom (1960), Ribbon (1966) and Tongue (1967) chairs. The revered designer not only introduced new construction techniques to Artifort furniture but contributed fresh materials, Pop art colors and dazzling shapes to the mid-century modern era as a whole.
In 1971, the Mobilier National — a department of France’s Ministry of Culture in charge of furnishing top-tier government offices and embassies — commissioned Paulin to redesign President Georges Pompidou’s private apartment in the Élysée Palace. In three years, Paulin transformed the staid rooms into futuristic environments with curved, fabric-clad walls and furnishings such as bookcases made from an arrangement of smoked-glass U shapes, flower-like pedestal chairs and pumpkin-esque loungers.
Ten years later, the Mobilier National called on Paulin again, this time to furnish the private office of President François Mitterand. Paulin responded with an angular, postmodern take on neoclassical furniture, pieces that looked surprisingly at home in the paneled, Savonnerie-carpeted Louis XVI rooms. As those two Élysée Palace projects show, Paulin furniture works well both in a total decor or when used as a counterpoint to traditional pieces. His creations have a unique personality: bright and playful yet sophisticated and suave.
Find vintage Pierre Paulin lounge chairs, armchairs, coffee tables and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Black leather, silk velvet cushions, breathable bouclé fabric — when shopping for antique or vintage sofas, today’s couch connoisseurs have much to choose from in terms of style and shape. But it wasn’t always thus.
The sofa is typically defined as a long upholstered seat that features a back and arms and is intended for two or more people. While the term “couch” comes from the Old French couche, meaning to lie down, and sofa has Eastern origins, both are forms of divan, a Turkish word that means an elongated cushioned seat. Bench-like seating in Ancient Greece, which was padded with soft blankets, was called klinai. No matter how you spell it, sofa just means comfort, at least it does today.
In the early days of sofa design, upholstery consisted of horsehair or dried moss. Sofas that originated in countries such as France during the 17th century were more integral to decor than they were to comfort. Like most Baroque furnishings from the region, they frequently comprised heavy, gilded mahogany frames and were upholstered in floral Beauvais tapestry. Today, options abound when it comes to style and material, with authentic leather offerings and classy steel settees. Plush, velvet chesterfields represent the platonic ideal of coziness.
Vladimir Kagan’s iconic sofa designs, such as the Crescent and the Serpentine — which, like the sectional sofas of the 1960s created by furniture makers such as Harvey Probber, are quite popular among mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts — showcase the spectrum of style available to modern consumers. Those looking to make a statement can turn to Studio 65’s lip-shaped Bocca sofa, which was inspired by the work of Salvador Dalí. Elsewhere, the furniture of the 1970s evokes an era when experimentation ruled, or at least provided a reason to break the rules. Just about every area of society felt a sudden urge to be wayward, to push boundaries — and buttons. Vintage leather sofas of that decade are characterized by a rare blending of the showy and organic.
With so many options, it’s important to explore and find the perfect furniture for your space. Paying attention to the lines of the cushions as well as the flow from the backrest into the arms is crucial to identifying a cohesive new piece for your home or office.
Fortunately, with styles from every era — and even round sofas — there’s a luxurious piece for every space. Deck out your living room with an Art Deco lounge or go retro with a nostalgic '80s design. No matter your sitting vision, the right piece is waiting for you in the expansive collection of unique sofas on 1stDibs.