2023 Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset Pumpkin 3-Seat Large Settee / Sofa
By Ligne Roset, Pierre Paulin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vidar Perroquet fabric. The sofa was designed by Pierre Paulin and produced by Ligne Roset in France
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
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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
By Ligne Roset, Pierre Paulin
Located in amstelveen, NL
Pumpkin 3-seater sofa designed by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset. Reupholstered in a boucle by
Bouclé
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
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
A 21st Century Red "Pumpkin Sofa" By Ligne Roset, France c.2010
By Ligne Roset, Pierre Paulin
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Originally designed by Pierre Paulin in 1971 for the Elysée Palace, the pumpkin sofa was only 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 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
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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
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 Pierre Paulin, Ligne Roset
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
Bold Coffee Table Large - Travertine
By Mohdern
Located in Milano, Lombardia
A true celebration of contemporary elegance, the large Bold Coffee Table embodies the essence of Italian craftsmanship, attention to detail, and sophisticated aesthetics. Versatile a...
Travertine
Fumed Oak Round Top Foundation Side Table / Stool
Located in Portland, OR
Solid wood stool / side table in fumed white oak with round top. The fuming process reacts with the tannins in the wood and results in a color through, rich amber tone. With a clean ...
Oak
French Art Deco Vanity att. Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning vintage art deco triptych illuminated vanity features a mirror on base by Miroir-Brot, France. Attributed to French art deco modernist designer, Jacques Adnet.
Steel, Nickel
$49,500
H 28.35 in W 102.37 in D 51.19 in
Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper 'Eros' Large Oval dining table or Executive Desk.
By Skipper, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Almelo, NL
Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper 'Eros' Large Oval dining table or executive desk In black Marquina Marble, Italy, 1970s. This impressive sculptural table or executive desk, designed ...
Marble
$7,555
H 23.63 in W 112.21 in D 49.22 in
Kwok Hoi Chan 'Chromatic' modular sofa in orange, yellow and cream
By Kwok Hoi Chan, Steiner
Located in amstelveen, NL
Kwok Hoi Chan for Steiner, sectional sofa, model ´chromatic´, fabric, France, 1970 This seamless seating system consists of three elements, which allow the creation of different con...
Fabric
$5,166
H 24.41 in W 35.44 in D 35.44 in
Mid-Century Tongue Lounge Chair by Pierre Paulin for Artifort, 1960s
By Artifort, Pierre Paulin
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Amazing and very comfortable Tongue chair, designed by the French designer Pierre Paulin in the 60s and produced by Artifort. This lovely chair has the original high quality Kvad...
Fabric, Foam
Suelo Outdoor Armless Sofa
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
This Suelo® Outdoor Armless Sofa is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. This sofa's silhouette is simple, modern, and sleek with comfortable back and seat cushions....
Mahogany
1967, Pierre Paulin, Side Table Model 877 in Shiny Brown
By Artifort, Pierre Paulin
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
Side table in brown. Has traces of wear like some scratches on top (picture #5) and some loss of paint (see picture #6 and #7). Stackable in two ways (see picture #9 and #10). Side t...
Plastic
$655Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 29.7 in W 26 in D 21.2 in
"Clover" Flower Shaped Monobloc Armchair Designed by Ron Arad for Driade
By Driade, Ron Arad
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Clover" is a white, orange or green polyethylene flower shaped monobloc armchair, designed by Ron Arad and manufactured by Driade. White version only is available in quick ship. Ind...
Plastic
$19,552
H 51.19 in W 73.63 in D 85.44 in
Guglielmo Ulrich for Valzania Art Deco King Bed 160cm Mattress Burl Wood Bedroom
By Guglielmo Ulrich, Valzania
Located in London, GB
An exquisite and extremely bed by the italian 1940s designer Guglielmo Ulrich produced by Valzania in book-matching burl/bird eye maple wood and black ridged feet. This documented im...
Wood, Burl
$27,400
H 24.81 in W 133.86 in D 110.24 in
De Pas, D'Urbino & Lomazzi for BBB Italia Large 'Carrera' Modular Sofa
By Gionathan de Pas & Donato D’Urbino & Paolo Lomazzi
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Jonathan de Pas, Donato D’Urbino, Paolo Lomazzi for BBB, sectional sofa 'Carrara', fabric, Italy, design 1969 Striking modular curved sofa by Jonathan de Pas, Donato D’Urbino, Paolo...
Fabric
$9,179 / set
H 29.93 in W 19.69 in D 18.9 in
Set of six chairs "CM 196" by Pierre Paulin 1960's Thonet edition
By Pierre Paulin
Located in Paris, FR
Set of six chairs "CM 196" by Pierre Paulin 1960's Thonet edition
Metal
Bertu Sideboard, Baron Modern Oak Sideboard
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Sideboard, Baron Modern Oak Sideboard This Modern Oak Credenza - The Baron is made in the heart of Ohio with locally sourced wood. Each unit is handmade with solid oak and fi...
Wood, Oak
$27,068 / set
H 26.38 in W 108.27 in D 62.21 in
Carrera modular sofa mod. by De Pas D'Urbino & Lomazzi for BBB Italia 60's
By Gionathan de Pas & Donato D’Urbino & Paolo Lomazzi, BBB Italia
Located in Catania, IT
Modular fabric sofa designed by Jonathan de Pas, Donato D'Urbino, Paolo Lomazzi for BBB Bonacina model Carrera Italy 1969. Large curved modular sofa, consisting of 2 end elements a...
Fabric, Rubber
ABCD Set by Pierre Paulin for Artifort, 1960s
By Artifort, Pierre Paulin
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Stunning sculptural ABCD set, designed by Pierre Paulin for Artifort in 1968. This amazing set consist of one 2-seat sofa and two 1-seat sofa's. The sofa's are composed of three...
Bouclé
$21,184
H 25.6 in W 11.82 in D 31.5 in
Sectional Sofa 'Mississippi' by Pierre Paulin for Artifort, 1970s
By Pierre Paulin
Located in Brussels, BE
Sectional Sofa 'Mississippi' by Pierre Paulin for Artifort, 1970s - New Upholstery
Fabric
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.