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Mathieu Matégot Coffee and Cocktail Tables

French, Hungarian, b. 1910

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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Creator: Mathieu Matégot
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 decortive. Circa 1955, France. Mathieu Matégot...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Mathieu Matégot Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel

Pair of Domino Tables by Mathieu Matégot, 1953
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
Pair of Domino coffee tables by Mathieu Matégot, black and red lacquered perforated metal and brass.
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mathieu Matégot Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass, Steel

Mathieu Matégot Black Coffee Table / Telephone Holder, circa 1950
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-Century Modern black coffee table and telephone holder designed by Mathieu Matégot. Manufactured by Ateliers Matégot, France, circa 1950. Materials and color: black lacquered metal. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Dimensions: D 45.5 cm x W 34 cm x H 68 cm. Literature: Published in Patrick Favardin Book p6. Mathieu Matégot, (1910-2001) was a Hungarian and French designer and material artist. He was one of the most renowned French designers of the 1950s. Born and educated in Budapest, he moved to France in the early 1930s, where he worked as a window dresser and women’s clothing...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mathieu Matégot Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Shelves in the Style of Mathieu Matégot
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelves in the style of Mathieu Matégot Manufactured in France, circa 1950. In good condition, with minor wear consistent with age ...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mathieu Matégot Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mategot Rare Table
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Very rare table by Mathieu Mategot, France, 1956 Engraved fiber ciment, glass, metal, brass Literature : - FAVARDIN, Mathieu Mategot, éd. Norma, Pari...
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1950s French Vintage Mathieu Matégot Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Mathieu Matégot Model Gin. Rare Green 2 Wheels Cocktail trolley
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in London, GB
Serving table in perforated sheet metal or rigitule by Mathieu Matégot by Ateliers Mathieu Mategot, France. Gin 1953. Documented and referenced in Mathieu Matégot by Jousse Entreprise. Totally untouched and in its original paint. Documented & referenced in Mathieu Matégot by Jousse Entreprise Patrick Favardin, Mathieu Matégot, Norma Editions, 2014 The drinks trolley seems to have been one of Mategot's favourites. They symbolize a time of peace and leisure, whilst 'theoretically' lightening the load of household work. They also represent a blurring between the indoors and the outside, at a time when the everyday living space was being extended to balconies and gardens. He was to produce over 20 drinks trolley permutations. After the war Mategot took part in a major revival of the decorative arts, which had become reliant on the elegant but expensive materials inherited from Art Deco. The war had forced all cultural assumptions to be re-examined while also dramatically interrupting traditional supply channels. The necessities of reconstruction and limited budgets thus called on all creators...
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20th Century French Mathieu Matégot Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Coffee Table by Mathieu Matégot
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Brussels, BE
Model Canasta by Mathieu Matégot, circa 1960. Coffee table with four square section legs covered in black leather with saddle stitching. Brass cruciform spacer and oval shaped new g...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mathieu Matégot Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Mathieu Mategot Tripod Coffee Table / Magazine Rack
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Soho, London, GB
Occasional table with magazine rack by Mathieu Mategot (France circa 1955). The table is made in Mategot's iconic perforated sheet metal paired with a glass top.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Mathieu Matégot Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Sheet Metal

Pair French Mid-Century Modern Nesting / Coffee Tables by Mathieu Matégot
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in New York, NY
Rare and Elegant pair of French Mid-Century Modern nesting/ side tables or cocktail tables in perforated steel by Mathieu Matégot. The pieces are enameled black. The tables represent...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mathieu Matégot Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

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 Mathieu Matégot Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

Mathieu Matégot Mid-Century Modern Black Metal and Glass Coffee Table circa 1950
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Coffee table designed by Mathieu Matégot. Manufactured by Ateliers Matégot, France, circa 1950. Lacquered metal with original paint. In good original condition, with minor wea...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mathieu Matégot Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

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Mathieu Matégot coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Mathieu Matégot coffee and cocktail tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Mathieu Matégot coffee and cocktail tables, although black editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original coffee and cocktail tables by Mathieu Matégot were created in the mid-century modern style in france during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider coffee and cocktail tables by Maison Charles et Fils, Jean Claude Mahey, and Pierre Guariche. Prices for Mathieu Matégot coffee and cocktail tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,133 and can go as high as $13,363, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $6,900.

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