Hans Hopfer
1931–2009
German designer who put the sofa on the floor, turning seating into a landscape of cushions a room can be rearranged around.
1925–2009
Design director at Ligne Roset who took the frame out of a sofa entirely and left foam, quilting and a zip.
Why they matter
Ducaroy came from a family of Lyon upholsterers, trained at the Beaux-Arts in Lyon, and joined Ligne Roset in 1954, running its design department. He spent the 1960s working through new materials, foams, quilting and thermoformed plastics, and the Adria of 1968 already sits close to the floor with no visible structure.
Togo followed in 1973: polyurethane foam in graduated densities, no frame, no springs, quilted polyester covers, and a shape that has not been altered since. Kashima and Safi put large cushions on acrylic frames. Ligne Roset has never stopped making Togo and it remains the company's best seller.
That continuity means a Togo is dated by its label and its base rather than its shape. Leather examples soften and crease heavily, which most buyers now prefer to a taut new one.
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Key forms & materials
Forms
- Togo sofa
- Togo fireside chair
- Togo corner unit
- Togo ottoman
- Kashima sofa
- Adria chair
Materials
- Polyurethane foam
- Quilted polyester
- Leather
- Acrylic
What to look for
Marks, editions, patina and production partners — fact-checked for this designer.
- Early Togo labels read ligne and roset made in france on opposite sides of a fabric tag, while later production uses a single black Ligne Roset tag.
- Label style has to match the base construction, since a new tag on an old base points to a reupholstery or a fake.
- Ligne Roset publishes its own warnings about counterfeit Togos and about fraudulent reupholstering services, and the secondary market genuinely carries both.
- From 2025 new Togos carry a QR-linked digital passport, which is useful going forward and irrelevant to anything vintage.
- The Kenzo, Missoni and Jean Paul Gaultier fabric editions belong to the Mah Jong by Hans Hopfer for Roche Bobois, not to Togo, and the two are regularly confused.
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Michel DucaroyBlack Leather Togo Sofa with Fireside Chair and Ottomans by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset$6,000- $2,000
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