Togo Sofa Set Michel Ducaroy Ligne Roset Grey Leather Mid Century Vintage Retro MCM

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Togo Sofa Set Michel Ducaroy Ligne Roset Grey Leather Mid Century Vintage Retro MCM

A Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset ‘Togo’ three seater sofa and a matching pair of lounge chairs from the mid 1970s in a very rare and scarcely seen grey anthracite leather, they are in incredible condition and look amazing.

These are genuine and original Togos from the mid to late 1970s, are not modern replicas. This leather colour is incredibly rare making these mid century design classics very special

Sofa Dimensions
Height - 70cm
Length - 174cm
Depth - 102cm
Seat Height - 38cm

Lounge Chairs Dimensions
Height - 70cm
Length - 87cm
Depth - 102cm
Seat Height - 38cm

Michel Ducaroy had a design epiphany when brushing his teeth one morning in the late 1960s. Bending his malleable tube of minty fluoride into a curve, only to see the dimples of the toothpaste push the outer aluminum casing, led to an idea. Perhaps the most influential furniture idea he’d ever had. And whipping out his notebook to draw his weird and wonderful toothpaste-inspired design, the iconic Togo sofa was born.

In 1973, the Togo was revealed to the world for the first time at the Salon des Arts Ménagers in Paris. Unlike anything ever seen before, this dimpled caterpillar-like sofa was a marvel. With no base and no traditional frame to speak of, Michael Ducaroy had created a couch that broke the mould.

However, while the design was different, it was viewed as revolutionary. The Togo won the Rene-Gabriel award for creating an iconic piece of furniture that was affordable. Ligne Roset had complete faith in its designer, Michael Ducaroy and gave him free reign to develop modular pieces that complemented the original Togo iteration. Before long, couches, ottomans, loveseats, and chairs were available to the masses, giving homeowners in the 1970s the versatility they craved to configure their own living room seating arrangements.

Michael Ducaroy devoted 26 years of his life to heading the design department of Ligne Roset, but before that Ducaroy was born into a family of French furniture manufacturers who specialized in residential interiors as well as fittings for ocean liners. However, he elected to study sculpture at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, and this foundation would greatly influence his work and the way he thought about shape and form. Ducaroy worked at the family business and later founded his design studio in 1952.

In 1954, Ducaroy began working with Ligne Roset, the French family-run manufacturing giant known across the world for creating high-end seating. There, he was able to propel the research and development of their designs, and his work quickly became integral to the company’s identity.

Ducaroy’s innovations with thermoformed plastics and biomorphic forms can be seen in early designs for Ligne Roset in the ’60s and ’70s, like the cozy, modular Adria chair and low-sitting Kashima sofa. He designed the Togo furniture line in 1973 using an innovative all-foam seating structure that was covered with polyester; decades later the Togo sofa remains a Ligne Roset best seller.

The low rise and unique curve of any Ducaroy sofa make it instantly recognizable, and the distinctly Pop art–inspired, organic forms that the celebrated designer created from synthetic materials like polyester and foam made a powerful statement at their inception, as they continue to do now.

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Please note that vintage furniture may have some slight imperfections, which is to be expected in keeping with its age, as we do not offer returns on items sold.