About Formes Utiles
Formes Utiles (post-war dealers since 2007) was born to a vision of Fabrice Murawka and Bruno Dürr, both passionate about post-war design. As natural hunters, they love to travel the world to find rare pieces and pick the most beautiful ones. «We are passionate about the eclectic Italian designers, French post-war new vision and the way Picasso changed pottery forever , the Palm Springs decor, the German Bauhaus lines, the Scandinavian design and its unique relation to nature, the heirs of Le Corbusier and the Swiss Style, Mid-century Brazilian organic design. We sell an...Read More
Featured Pieces
Pendant Lamp by Gino Sarfatti Model 2133 for Arteluce Milano
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Villeurbanne, Rhone Alpes
Very large pendant lamp from the 70s, designed by Gino Sarfatti. This is a great example of the constant innovation system that Sarfatti explored.
Model 2133 edited by Arteluce, in...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Prototype Architectural Pendant Lamp by Di Bernardo for Lumi Milano
By Giannino Crippa
Located in Villeurbanne, Rhone Alpes
Rare prototype created by Di Bernardo, an Italian architect, for Lumi Italia.
Created in the 1970s for an interior architecture project in Milan, the pendant light was never edite...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Pair of Plaster Sconces by Arlus, France, 1940
By Arlus
Located in Villeurbanne, Rhone Alpes
These plaster sconces are very typical from the Art Deco Period.
Made in plaster and decorated with volutes in gold brass and glass.
The elegant indirect lighting sconces will perfec...
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Plaster
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Italian Nesting Table
Located in Villeurbanne, Rhone Alpes
Set of two Mid-Century Modern nesting tables in freeform,
The marble is a rare italian marshmallow stone.
The nesting tables can be used as a coffee table too.
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Materials
Marble
Pair of Large Ice Glass Sconces by Jt Kalmar, Austria, 1960
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Villeurbanne, Rhone Alpes
Large elegant pair of sconces in Ice glass by Julius Theodore Kalmar, circa 1960.
The lamp consists in a chrome base and four Ice glass plates.
The sconces are characterized by a v...
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Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Glass
Charlotte Perriand Long Bench, Cansado Mining Mauritania Project
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Villeurbanne, Rhone Alpes
Very long bench by Charlotte Perriand from the Cansado Mining city, Mauritania.
It can be used as a very large coffee table or a low modernist couch with cushions. Originally made fo...
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Vintage 1960s Mauritanian Mid-Century Modern Benches
Materials
Metal
Gio Ponti Pair of Sculptural Wall Sconces Model 575 for Lumi Milano
By Gio Ponti
Located in Villeurbanne, Rhone Alpes
Elegant square wall sconces by the one of the famous designer and architect from Italy.
Very graphic lamps in brass and metal lacquered. The light hidden on the left side creates pl...
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Juliette Derel Elegant Two-storey Dish, circa 1970
By Juliette Derel
Located in Villeurbanne, Rhone Alpes
Rare and unique piece.
Elegant two-storey dish in chamotte clay resting on three small cylindrical feet. Turquoise blue enamel on brown tones,
circa 1970.
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Vintage 1970s French Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
French Cobra Zoomorphic Naive Vase, painted clay, 1950
By Pierre Alechinsky
Located in Villeurbanne, Rhone Alpes
Unique Piece : Large zoomorphic vase by anonymous artist.
Painted clay with a relief sculpture of a bird.
Measures : H 33 cm, L 17 cm, P 17 cm
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Handled with ...
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Ceramic Coffee Table by Roger Capron, circa 1960
By Roger Capron
Located in Villeurbanne, Rhone Alpes
Ceramic coffee table by Roger Capron, circa 1960, Vallauris, France
Rectangular coffee table with a ceramic top in various shades of brown with a metallic base.
After Picasso sett...
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal
Revolutionary’s Armchair by Joe Colombo Tubo Chair by Flexform, 1969
By Joe Colombo
Located in Villeurbanne, Rhone Alpes
A revolutionary’s armchair known as Tubo chair for Flexform, Italy, circa 1969.
Joe Colombo designed this “Tube Chair” in 1969, the year after student protests took over streets an...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Foam, PVC
Gio Ponti Pair of Sculptural Wall Sconces Model 576 for Lumi Milano
Located in Villeurbanne, Rhone Alpes
Elegant square wall sconces by the famous designer and architect from Italy.
Very graphic lamps in brass and lacquered metal. The light hidden on the left side creates play of light...
Category
Vintage 1960s Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
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