Timeless Design: Pumpkin Armchair by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset

For the very first time, Pierre Paulin’s 1971 design for seating for the private apartments of Claude & Georges Pompidou at the Elysée Palace is being put into large-scale production.

Pumpkin Armchair by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset
Pumpkin Armchair by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset

Pumpkin is characteristic of Paulin’s revolutionary style, as initiated at the end of the 1950’s, and as its name suggests is evocative of a giant pumpkin, welcoming the user with its protectively voluptuous – and voluptuously protective – shell. Resisting its appeal is an impossibility!

Pumpkin Armchair by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset
Pumpkin Armchair by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset
Pumpkin Armchair by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset
Pumpkin Armchair by Pierre Paulin for Ligne Roset
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