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. In 1975, the company introduced its Cinna brand, known to collectors for the Sandra sofa designed by Annie Hiéronimus and other alluring seating.
Ligne Roset 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.
Find new and vintage Ligne Roset sofas, lounge chairs, tables and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Pair of Pascal Mourgue for Ligne-Roset "Cinna" Cast Aluminum table Lamps
By Pascal Mourgue, Ligne Roset
Located in Den Haag, NL
Pair of French Modern Pascal Mourgue for Ligne Roset Cast Aluminum Table Lamps for Bedside or Reading. Featuring a slim, sleek, all cast aluminum architectural design on balanced and...
Aluminum
Soleil lamp by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac for Ligne Roset, 1990
By Ligne Roset, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Located in MONTESSON, FR
This lamp was designed by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac in the 1990s for the publisher Ligne Roset. Named "Soleil", it is distinguished by its yellow resin deflector forming a face sur...
Steel
Courrier Lamp by Ligne Roset
By Ligne Roset
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 2000s. Foot pedal on base.
Metal
Roger Capron Soleil Table Lamp
By Roger Capron, Jean Derval
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Stunning table lamp designed by Roger Capron and Jean Derval, this piece is made from ceramic and features a striking central design. Depending on your perspective, you may see a sin...
Ceramic
Pair Mid-Century Modern Aluminum Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of mid-century aluminum lamps. Pair vintage sleek, quiet modern lamps in aluminum, newly rewired with black silk cords and switches. Includes pair card paper shades. American, l...
Aluminum
Olivier Mourgue Model 2093-80 Floor Lamp for Disderot
By Disderot, Olivier Mourgue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Olivier Mourgue model 2093-80 floor lamp for Disderot. Originally designed in 1969, this sculptural table lamp is a newly produced numbered edition with au...
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Jonisk Lamp by Carl Öjerstam for IKEA, Sweden 1990s
By Carl Öjerstam
Located in Praha, CZ
Original Jonisk lamp designed by Carl Öjerstam for IKEA, Sweden. An iconic Scandinavian design object featuring a sculptural spherical form and softly diffused illumination. The whit...
Metal, Other
$4,220 / set
H 76 in W 12 in D 12 in
Pair of Rare Postmodern Floor Lamps by Ligne Roset Extensia Fluo Torchiere
By Ligne Roset
Located in San Diego, CA
These pair of rare floor torchiere lamps have a fluorescent tube and halogen light, ribbed perspex on reverse, brushed aluminum sides, and perforated front with a movable halogen top shade with dimmer switch, we have rewired the pair of lamps, a classic 1980...
Aluminum
$2,000 / set
H 67 in Dm 6 in
Pair of Pascal Mourgue for Ligne-Roset "Cinna" Cast Aluminum Floor Lamps, 1990's
By Pascal Mourgue, Ligne Roset
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Pair of French Modern Pascal Mourgue for Ligne Roset Cast Aluminum Floor Lamps for Bedside or Reading. Featuring a slim, sleek, all cast aluminum architectural design on balanced and...
Aluminum
Pair of Chic Silvered Cast Bronze Fluted Column Table Lamps
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Handsome pair of cast silvered bronze column lamps. Tall candlestick style with fluted body and nice detail along the base and top. The shades are for photographic purposes only but ...
Bronze
Castore Table Lamp by Michele de Lucchi for Artemide
By Michele de Lucchi, Artemide
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
We have two of these cool lamps, medium size versions. Blown glass shades giving a creat diffuse ambience, and the touch dimmer switch on the base allows for perfect adjustment to su...
Blown Glass, Polyester
Postmodern Adjustable Floor Lamp by Ligne Roset Model Mama
By Ligne Roset
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a postmodern adjustable floor lamp manufactured by Ligne Roset, Model Mama. It features an adjustable stand that allows you to play with and have either...
Granite, Metal
Murano Glass Cone Lamp by Res De Majo, for De Majo Luce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A conical shape Murano glass table lamp with transparent swirl on a white coated metal base. Made for De Majo Lighting. Signed Res de Majo. Sourced outside of Florence, Italy.
Murano Glass
$14,870 / item
H 71 in W 14 in D 14 in
Two Rare French Surrealist Plaster Floor Lamps by Jean-Charles Moreux
By Jean-Charles Moreux
Located in New York, NY
2 plaster standing lamps by Jean-Charles Moreux in a modern neo- Baroque spirit with an Amphora/urn resting on twist form columns. Moreux was a m...
Plaster
Sold
H 29.53 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Yellow "Moon" Table Lamp by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, France 1990s
By Ligne Roset, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Located in Stockholm, SE
Yellow "Moon" Tablelamp by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac for Brossier France 1990s Jean-Charles de Castelbajac (born 1949) is a French fashion designer and artist, known for his color...
Metal
Pair of White "Dorset" Table Lamps by Eric Jourdan for Ligne Roset
By Ligne Roset, Eric Jourdan
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice pair of white "Dorset" table lamps by Eric Jourdan for Ligne Roset, circa 2012. These modern table lamps have turned wood posts covered i...
Wood