Buying vintage design furniture in Lyon
We buy vintage design furniture in Lyon, or take it on consignment, just as we do across France. We value it from photographs within 24 to 48 hours, then arrange collection.
What Lyon produced
Lyon has a dense modern history, rarely connected with furniture. Tony Garnier conceived his Cité industrielle here and left behind the Mouche abattoirs, now the Halle Tony Garnier. In Villeurbanne, Môrice Leroux's Gratte-Ciel (1927-1934) remain one of the most ambitious ensembles of inter-war French social housing. La Part-Dieu, begun in the sixties, made Lyon the country's second business district.
What we find there
So we find two kinds of furniture there. In flats, it is furniture that an industrial middle class with an eye on Italian design bought new in the sixties and seventies. In offices, it is USM Haller installed from the eighties onwards, now at the end of its cycle. Lyon is also one of the few cities where generalist dealers regularly offer us lots.
What we look for first
- The offices of La Part-Dieu, Gerland and Villeurbanne hold a lot of USM Haller, kept in good condition by air conditioning.
- In the Presqu'île and the Croix-Rousse, we look for seventies Italian furniture: Cassina seating, Flos and Artemide lighting, tables by Milanese makers.
- A piece from a Gratte-Ciel flat or an architect's house in the western suburbs interests us most, since a provenance with a story sells better.
How it works
Photographs
Send us overall views, the marks, any wear and the dimensions. You can attach the photographs straight to the form at the foot of the page.
Valuation within 24 to 48 h
We value from photographs wherever the piece is, so distance makes no difference to how quickly we reply. The valuation comes with an offer of outright purchase or consignment.
Collection
In Lyon, we arrange collection, and on an outright purchase we pay for it. A specialist carrier or one of our own runs handles it, and you have nothing to pack or dismantle. The 465 km or so from Paris go into our calculation, and we confirm the timing with the offer.
Payment
On an outright purchase, we pay by bank transfer on the day of signature, within 48 working hours at the latest, and never in cash above legal thresholds. On consignment, you remain the owner until the sale, and we take a commission agreed in advance.
We can also come and value in person, usually from five pieces or for a configuration of real value. We work from Paris and Auxerre, and we have no establishment in Lyon.
What we buy
- USM Haller, every year and colour
- Ligne Roset, including the Togo collection
- Cassina, original editions and documented reissues
- Knoll, American and European editions
- Castiglioni, Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouvé, Vico Magistretti
- Italian mid-century from the fifties to the seventies, Scandinavian and Nordic modular systems
We leave aside mass reissues made after 2000, copies and pieces that cannot be identified, pieces too damaged to restore, and furniture with no design interest.
The detailed scope, brand by brandPrivate owner or professional
Private owner
For a move, an estate or a collection that is changing, the valuation is free and without obligation, even for a single piece.
Selling as a private ownerProfessional
An office fleet at the end of its cycle, a dealer lot, a notarial estate, an end of lease or the refurbishment of a public venue: we sort from an inventory, invoicing is done properly and we commit to a date.
Professional disposalsFrequently asked
- Do you come to Lyon to value in person?
- Yes, if the job justifies it: several pieces, a large USM configuration or an office fleet. With so many enquiries from Lyon, the trip soon pays for itself. For a single piece, photographs are enough and a carrier handles the collection.
Offer us a piece
Attach your photographs here, because the accuracy of the valuation depends on them. We reply within 24 to 48 working hours.