We love Washington Spaces, we find out about so many great homes, art shows, people and designs in DC from the magazine and from thier blog.
We’re totally excited that they chose to feature us in one of thier recent posts. Take a look!!
Welcome to our blog!
May 28th, 2009Welcome to the new Ligne Roset DC blog. Whether you’re decorating a new home, redoing a room or just replacing a dining table, we know you’ve got a lot of options. At Ligne Roset DC, you can find the furniture that suits your taste and your space from a brand with a reputation for excellence.
Ligne Roset’s classic contemporary pieces and design integrity have set the bar for fine furnishing for over one-hundred years. But working with us adds an additional flexibility to our reputed quality, since all of our pieces are made ot order, we help you conceive of and deliver the pieces that fit your life, your style.
How are we going to help? Well, say you see a wall unit you like, but the way it looks in the store, it wouldn’t fit in your room and it’s the wrong color. To start, our staff will work with you to choose the type of wood, the combination of stains or finishes, the most functional layout and the right dimensions. If, it’s a sofa you like, come see our fabric racks– we’ve got over 4000 choices for colors and fabrics.
We want to use this blog, not only to show off our fine line of furniture, but to inform you about the pieces, their uniqueness and their history. We want to be useful, talk about leather care, and pattern selection, about lighting and design choices. It’s an on going project, but feel free to leave us a comment or send us an email and tell us what you want to know more about.
But for the moment, take a look at some of our favorite peices that ON SALE NOW. New orders for dining tables, chairs and cabinetry are discounted 15% all month. Click on the links to take a look.
June Promotion! Tables
May 28th, 2009So, as you can tell we’re having a big sale this month and one of the many things we’re promoting are tables. For 2009, Roset offers a collection of 15 dining tables. Some are new, and some are our traditional go-to pieces. Many of our tables have some hidden trick to them, the double in size, the fold up and down and they swivel around. Keep reading to see some of our favorites.
EATON This contemporary table made from an oil treated,matte-finished solid wood adapts perfectly to any interior style. In walnut, cherry, natural orebony oak, it is available in nine different lengths and two depths, with or without extension leaf(19¾”/50cm) and can be paired with matching benches. Fixed
Table H 30” W 63”up to 94½” D 35½”/39¼”; H 76cm W 160 up to 240cm D 90/100cm
Extendable Table H 30” W 43¼”up to 74¾” D 35½”/39¼”; H 76cm W 160 up to 240cm D 90/100cm
Bench H 17¼” W 47¼”up to 90½” D 14¼”; H 44cm W 120 up to 230cm D 36cm
Extensia. Extendable dining table with two overlapping glass panels that slide open to extend the length. The frame comes in natural, dark brown or ebony oak, or white or anthracite lacquer and can be paired with a milk, anthracite or taupe lacquered paired with a milk, anthracite or taupe lacquered glass with or without clear square motif.
Square Table H 29¼”W 37”-67” D 37”; H 74cm W 94-170cm D 94cm
Rectangular Table H 29¼” W 55”-101¾”/63”-109¾” D 37”; H 74cm W 140-258/160-279cm D 94cm
Watch how the Extensia table expands!
Vimeo Table from Ligne Roset DC on Vimeo.
June Promotion- Dining Chairs
May 28th, 2009We really do have a seat for everyone, in addition to our favorite dining chairs below, check the whole collection.
pam. Bar-stool, adjustable via a gas piston, with seat in veneered beech multi-ply. Frame in matt chromed metal. The height and seat height indicated above relate to the stool in its highest
possible position; in its lowest position the overall height is 23 1/2″ and the seat height 20″.
H: 33 3/4
W: 16
D: 17 ¼
S: 30 1/4
alster.
Designed by Emmanuel Dietrich
This dining chair with arms combines innovative design, comfort and an impeccable finish.
The mechanism in the base allows it to pivot a full 360º. Brilliant chrome steel base. H 32¼” W 24” D 23¼” SH 18½”
An 8-page spread featuring Pierre Paulin in Metropolis
May 19th, 2009Wow. Metropolis Magazine sent writer Véronique Vienne to the Roset factory in Briord to see just how our furniture is upholstered, “At Ligne Roset, upholstering is not just a métier; it’s an athletic challenge. The men and women whose job it is to dress the furniture are highly trained perfectionists exhibiting charming degrees of stamina and savoir faire.”
At 81, Pierre Paulin who designed the Pumpkin chair and Tanis desk for last year’s collection and also designed the private apartments of French president Georges Pompidou is still on the cutting edge. “What drives my work are technological breakthroughs,” Paulin says. “I do not start with the idea of a form. I try to solve problems with the most advanced methods available to me.”
Read the whole article and see some amazing pics of Paulin’s designs and the Ligne Roset factory in Briord at Metropolis Magazine.
Ligne Roset featured in Time Style & Design Green Design Top 100
May 6th, 2009Ligne Roset is featured in a Design 100.
Clouds Featured in the New York Times
May 6th, 2009
Clouds in the New York Times
Writer Elaine Louie Interviewed Erwan Bouroullec:
Clouds, a new sculptural fabric by the Parisian designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, is made up of multiple pieces that can be linked together in infinite ways. It was inspired by North Tiles, large fabric-covered foam pieces that interlock to form walls, which the Bouroullec brothers designed in 2006.
North Tiles worked on an architectural scale, but it didn’t work on a smaller scale, Erwan Bouroullec explained. Clouds does.
Each piece has a core of synthetic foam and is faceted so that it can “bend in an unexpected line,” Mr. Bouroullec said, creating various shapes that can be hung on the wall or suspended from the ceiling to alter the experience of space in a room.
Clouds, which is manufactured by Kvadrat, will be available in April from Ligne Roset in Tempo, a flame-resistant polyester, and Divina, a wool. It comes in boxes of 8 ($440 to $495, depending on fabric) or 24 ($1,105 to $1,235), and numerous color combinations. (The piece above is made of 104 Divina tiles in the light-and-dark-blue combination.)
See the whole article at the NYT
Maison et Objets 2009: Confluences
February 19th, 2009
confluences
Confluences is a seating collection by a young designer named Phillipe Nigro. Michel Roset, the fourth generation leading the company, has a real knack for discovering new talent, nourishing their craft and putting them on the international map. This is how it worked with the Bouroullec brothers, who conceived the acclaimed Facett collection, and now it looks like Nigro might be next in line with the debut of his Confluences.
Ligne Roset first introduced the prototype for Confluences at Art Basel Miami in December 2008; now we see the entire collection, pieces of several sizes, conceived with the idea that each seat has a different depth so as to be comfortable for short and tall alike. The look is precise and asymmetrical, playful and with a distinct youthfulness.
Cineline in NY Times
February 15th, 2009The Cineline sideboard was featured in the New York Times House & Home section.
“Ligne Roset’s Cineline, designed by Patrick Pagnon and Claude Pelhaître, has an ebony-stained oak veneer and a glass sliding door that conceals adjustable shelves. It is 86 ½ inches long, 33 inches high and 19 ¾ inches deep”
Cologne 2009
February 15th, 2009It has been quite a while since installations became an accepted part of the art and design world. The Bourroulec brothers have made this point first with North Tiles , the acclaimed installation they made for KVADRAT, now accepted at the MOMA. This time around, TILES have evolved into CLOUDS, a new concept developed also with Kvadrat, for Ligne Roset. This installation is done in bi-color pieces of Divina, the boiled wool felt we all love, and another Kvadrat material. The prism-like pieces can be attached with provided rubber bands to create a three dimensional wall piece with the “artist” print. (The artist will be you, me, or whomever you choose to do this for you.) The entire piece is then attached to a few points on the wall. It can also be hung from the ceiling, in which case you get a few metal rods.
When you buy Clouds you receive a box of 8 pieces to which you can keep adding pieces and colors as you choose. Like a puzzle, it’s fun to install and it looks amazing, not to mention that you can change it any time.
