Ligne Roset Shelves and Wall Cabinets
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.
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20th Century French Space Age Ligne Roset Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Ligne Roset Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Metal
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Ligne Roset Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Brass
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Pine
1970s German Space Age Vintage Ligne Roset Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Plastic
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ligne Roset Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Rattan, Glass
1970s Czech Vintage Ligne Roset Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Scandinavian Modern Ligne Roset Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Aluminum
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ligne Roset Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Chrome
20th Century Italian Ligne Roset Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Brass
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Ligne Roset Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Rope, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Ligne Roset Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Stainless Steel, Brass, Nickel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ligne Roset Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Bamboo, Wicker, Cane, Rattan
