Mathieu Matégot complete dining room set Cap d'Ail 1950s

This iconic dining room set is an original creation by mathieu matégot, dating from the 1950s. The table, the two armchairs and the four chairs are designed in white lacquered metal. The work of the raw material here is exceptionally fine and testifies to the ingenuity of the artist. The interlacing and curves elaborated by matégot add a touch of sophistication to each element of this set, illustrating a perfect marriage between elegance and the fanciful impulses specific to the post-war years. These pieces have been completely restored in our workshop and the chair cushions have been reupholstered with a bronze-colored pierre frey fabric. Mathieu matégot (1910-2001), a franco-hungarian designer renowned for his unique creations, occupied a central place in the post-war artistic landscape in france. His innovative use of perforated sheet metal, discovered during his captivity in germany and patented under the evocative name "rigitulle" in 1952, revolutionized the creation of furniture. At the crossroads of design and decoration, the pieces he imagines reflect a quest for functionality, characterized by economy of means and ingenuity in the search for forms. Now reissued, his creations remain design classics, perfectly illustrating the playfulness and timeless elegance of the 1950s. Literature: mathieu mategot, jousse entreprise, archive photographs 1945-1960, figure 30; furniture and decoration, october 1951, page 42; philippe jousse and caroline mondineu, mathieu matégot, paris, 2003, pages 148 and 149; mathieu matégot, patrick favardin, norma edition, paris, 2014, page 54; art and decoration, paris, n° 19, december 1950, page 28; la maison française, paris, n° 49, july 1951, page 10.

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