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Mategot Copacabana

Rare White Mathieu Matégot "Copacabana" Chair by Atelier Mategot France, 1954
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Den Haag, NL
Rare Mathieu Matégot "Copacabana" Chair by Atelier Mategot France, 1954
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Metal

Mathieu Mategot Lounge chair model "Copacabana"
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lounge chair model "Copacabana" Manufactured by Atelier Mategot France, 1950´s Lacquered and
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Vintage 1950s French Chairs

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Metal

Mathieu Mategot Lounge chair model "Copacabana"
Mathieu Mategot Lounge chair model "Copacabana"
$19,086
H 29.77 in W 27.01 in D 23.27 in
Customizable Gubi Copacabana Lounge Chair by Mathieu Matégot
By Gubi, Mathieu Matégot
Located in New York, NY
The Copacabana lounge chair was created in 1955 by Mathieu Matégot. The low Copacabana Lounge Chair
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2010s Danish Lounge Chairs

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Customizable Gubi Copacabana Lounge Chair by Mathieu Matégot
Customizable Gubi Copacabana Lounge Chair by Mathieu Matégot
$2,099 / item
H 27.56 in W 25.6 in D 33.47 in
Pair of Steel Copacabana Lounge Chairs by Mathieu Matégot, France
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in New York City, NY
Pair of lounge chairs by Mathieu Matégot, France, mid-20th century. Newly Reupholstered in a
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Upholstery

Mid-Century Mathieu Matégot Coffee Table "Copacabana", circa 1955, France
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Girona, Spain
Mid-Century Mathieu Matégot coffee table "Copacabana". Made with steel. Enameled in white. Very
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Rare Mid-Century Modern Copacabana Chair by Mathieu Matégot, 1955
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Paris, FR
A rare collectible vintage lounge Copacabana chair by iconic French designer Mathieu Matégot
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs

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Steel

'Copacabana' Indoor Outdoor Lounge Chair by Matégot in Lorkey Fabric for GUBI
By Gubi, Mathieu Matégot
Located in Glendale, CA
'Copacabana' Indoor Outdoor Lounge Chair by Matégot in Lorkey Fabric for GUBI Few designs express
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21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Chairs

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'Copacabana' Indoor Outdoor Lounge Chair by Matégot in Leslie Fabric for GUBI
By Mathieu Matégot, Gubi
Located in Glendale, CA
'Copacabana' Indoor Outdoor Lounge Chair by Matégot in Leslie Fabric for GUBI Few designs express
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21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Chairs

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Copacabana Lounge Chair
By Gubi, Mathieu Matégot
Located in Berkeley, CA
The Copacabana lounge chair was created in 1955 by Mathieu Matégot. The low Copacabana lounge chair
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Copacabana Lounge Chair
Copacabana Lounge Chair
$2,873 / item
H 27.5 in W 33.5 in D 25.5 in

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Mathieu Matégot Copacabana Table
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very rare Mathieu Matégot Copacabana Table. Enameled steel, France, 1955.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Mathieu Matégot, Early Pair of Copacabana Easy Chair by Atelier Matégot, 1955
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Munster, NRW
Coming from a private collection of the isle of ré in France, this pair of copacabana chairs by
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Steel

Pair French Mid-Century Modern Iron 'Copacabana' Chairs, by Mathieu Matégot 1955
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in New York, NY
Rare pair of French Mid-Century Modern 'Copacabana' chairs in black enameled iron by Mathieu
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Wrought Iron

Mathieu Mategot Copacabana lounge chair
Located in Oosterbeek, NL
very rare 50ies Mategot lounge chair Ateliers Mategot France, 1955 pervorated metal grate
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Vintage 1950s French Lounge Chairs

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Metal

Mathieu Matégot Pair of Copacabana Lounge Chairs with Cushions
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of steel "Copacabana" chairs by Hungarian or French designer and material artist
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Steel

Pair of White Copacabana Lounge Chairs by Mathieu Matégot, First Edition
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Copacabana Lounge Chairs created by Mathieu Matégot in 1955, round white enameled seating
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Vintage 1950s French Lounge Chairs

Materials

Iron

Mathieu Matégot "Nagasaki" Chair, circa 1954
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Paris, FR
. Comment : A "Must Have" from Mategot with the "Copacabana" chair. Bibliography : - «Le style 50
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Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Side Chairs

Materials

Metal

Mathieu Matégot "Nagasaki" Chair, circa 1954
Mathieu Matégot "Nagasaki" Chair, circa 1954
H 29.14 in W 22.25 in D 21.46 in
Coffee Table by Mathieu Mategot, France, Circa 1955
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Fuveau, Provence
Rare Coffee Table by Mathieu Mategot model "Copacabana", France, Circa 1955 White Lacquered
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Vintage 1950s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Mathieu Mategot Chairs
Located in Newburgh, NY
Pair of Mathieu Mategot chairs, variation of the Copacabana model with a "Queen anne" leg
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Vintage 1950s French Slipper Chairs

Materials

Iron

Mathieu Mategot Chairs
Mathieu Mategot Chairs
H 29.5 in W 28.5 in D 24 in

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Mategot Copacabana For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic mategot copacabana available at 1stDibs. A mategot copacabana — often made from metal, steel and fabric — can elevate any home. Find 8 options for an antique or vintage mategot copacabana now, or shop our selection of 3 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. There are many kinds of the mategot copacabana you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right mategot copacabana, those designed in mid-century modern styles are of considerable interest.

How Much is a Mategot Copacabana?

A mategot copacabana can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,378, while the lowest priced sells for $895 and the highest can go for as much as $18,000.

Mathieu Matégot for sale on 1stDibs

With their curvaceous metal surfaces and shapes often resembling sheets of folded paper, Mathieu Matégot's inspiring furniture and lighting designs are easily recognizable and highly sought after by collectors. By working with perforated sheet metal and metal tubing, the Hungarian-born French architect, artist and designer — who is known by aficionados for his “rigitulle” technique — created tables, chairs and decorative objects that are celebrated works of French modernism and make a statement in any interior.

Matégot attended the Budapest School of Fine Arts and Architecture. He graduated in 1929 and traveled before settling in Paris in 1931, where he worked as a window dresser for department stores and as a set designer for cabaret halls.

In 1939, Matégot joined the French army in resistance to invading Nazi forces. He was soon captured and sent to work in a German factory. It was at this factory where Matégot became familiar with the materials and techniques that would inform and inspire his trademark rigitulle method.

After the war ended, Matégot opened a workshop in Paris and began to create handcrafted furniture that didn't conform to established styles of the time. Matégot explored merging traditional and non-traditional materials — he worked with formica, glass and natural materials such as rattan — and engaged in other forward-looking experiments. Matégot soon patented his career-defining rigitulle technique and material, which saw the designer working with metal tubing and perforated metal sheets and producing thin, airy folds into the metal as if he were manipulating fabric or paper.

Many of Matégot’s designs for table lamps, pendants, tables and more are reflective of the rigitulle technique, but the best-known work that exemplifies this process is his elegant three-legged Nagasaki chair, which he exhibited in 1954 at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs. The original Nagasaki chair gave way to a collection that included a stool and an armchair. Matégot’s Nagasaki dining chair has been reissued by Gubi and is part of the permanent collection at the Vitra Design Museum, which is home to one of the world’s most important furniture collections.

Matégot created a range of smaller items for the home — serveware, side tables and magazine racks, each distinctive in their fluid and organic forms — but halted his career in design and moved to Angers in the early 1960s in order to turn to creating art. Today he is known for his abstract tapestries as well as his furnishings.

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