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Kashima - The cosy nest settee with a timeless design

Design Michel Ducaroy

A 1970s icon, Kashima is an all-foam settee combining deep comfort with sculptural elegance. Its enveloping silhouette and intricate quilting create a true cocoon, instantly transforming your living room into a place of conviviality and relaxation.

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The Chesterfield seat reinvented

Kashima stands out with its generous, enveloping seat, inspired by Chesterfield settees, which offers unparalleled English comfort. Designed by Michel Ducaroy, the designer of the famous Togo, Kashima features a nest shape with ample armrests and backrest, allowing you to relax naturally and elegantly.

Made with high-density foam, each seat combines firmness and softness, ensuring a lasting comfort. The fully quilted cover, forming pinched seams and reinforced by interior laces, adds a couture touch while preserving Kashima's distinctive look.

The Kashima collection

Kashima is available in a medium or large settee, medium or large 1-armed settee, armchair and footstools, creating a complete, harmonious, and welcoming living room. With nearly 500 colours, fabrics and leather options, each model can be customised to perfectly blend into your home.

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Kashima Large settee

  • 13 fabrics
  • 255 Colors
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Kashima Medium settee

  • 13 fabrics
  • 255 Colors
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Kashima Armchair

  • 13 fabrics
  • 255 Colors
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Kashima Medium 1-armed settee

  • 13 fabrics
  • 255 Colors
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Kashima Large footstool

  • 13 fabrics
  • 255 Colors
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Kashima Small footstool

  • 13 fabrics
  • 255 Colors
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Kashima is designed as a modern adaptation of the English Chesterfield sofa, with its square pocket pattern.
Antoine Roset.
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The rebirth of an icon

Reissued in 2023, Kashima is more than just a comeback: it's a rediscovery. True to the spirit of the 1970s, it keeps its welcoming allure and couture details, while benefiting from contemporary craftsmanship and materials. Each model embodies the balance between memory and modernity, between Michel Ducaroy's pioneering vision and today's expectations for comfort and durability.

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Find Kashima in-store

Experience Kashima in-store: explore the multiple configurations, discover the textures and colours, and let yourself be seduced by the English-style comfort of this legendary settee. Our consultants will help you create the perfect version for your home.

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Each stitching of the Kashima is executed with extreme precision, to create a unique settee where design and craftsmanship meet.
Ghylaine Vieux, one of the most senior seamstresses in the workshop.
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The art of gesture, the know-how of Kashima

Producing Kashima requires exceptional precision and attention to detail. Its intricate shapes, quilting, and refined upholstery require meticulous work and a perfect mastery of materials. Every stitching  counts, and the techniques are tailored to the texture of each fabric or leather. This artisanal work makes the Kashima a unique sofa, where design and craftsmanship meet for lasting comfort and timeless elegance.

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Michel Ducaroy, master of iconic all-foam sofas

Born in Lyon in a family of designers, Michel Ducaroy joined Ligne Roset at an early age and became an iconic figure in the all-foam design. With iconic creations like Togo, Adria, and Kashima, he revolutionised upholstery in the 1960s and 1970s through his mastery of foam, quilting, and modularity. His pieces continue to inspire contemporary design with their refinement and boldness.

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