Ligne Roset Salina lounge chair France 1971

Super rare pre-Togo ‘Salina’ lounge chair designed by Michel Ducaroy and manufactured by Lange Roset in France, 1971. Nice padded original dark brown leather with age related patina. Unusual shaped long lounge chair with headrest for extra comfort (as if it needs it). Head cushion can be removed if wanted. If this isn’t the perfect lounge chair… Imagine lying in this piece of relaxation with your eyes closed. Or even the perfect movie or game chair. It has this cool bulky and rounded appearance and it literally does sit how it looks. The tufted buttons gives the chair a different dimension and keeps the leather cover in place.

Michel Ducaroy was born in 1925, into a family of designers and furniture makers whose activities were split between private houses and larger-scale contracts (liners, exhibitions, official buildings). Drawing from his background he trained at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Lyon, and in the family business, before branching out alone as an independent designer in 1952. Since his first contact with the Roset company in 1954, Michel Ducaroy has rapidly become one of their most integral designers. In the early days of Ligne Roset he was by far one of the company’s key attributes in pushing the technological boundaries. In 1968 he designed one of the first modular all-foam chairs, the low-sitting Adria, and then amongst others Kashima and Safi, which had large cushions on a frame of altuglass. It was in 1973, that he designed the now iconic Togo.

The leather is reconditioned with a leather care product special for vintage leather. To give the leather some strength, color, and protection again after many years of usage.