Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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

1960's Signed Mathieu Matégot Abstract Tapestry, Highly Coveted 1st Piece 1/6

$18,239Sale Price|20% Off

1960's Signed Mathieu Matégot Abstract Tapestry, Highly Coveted 1st Piece 1/6

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in Dallas, TX

78078 Vintage Mathieu Mategot Abstract French Aubusson Tapestry, 04'07 x 08'00. This handwoven wool tapestry by renowned Hungarian-French artist Mathieu Matégot is a masterful blend ...

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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Wool

A Large Modernist Abstract Tapestry by Mathieu Mategot

$15,000

A Large Modernist Abstract Tapestry by Mathieu Mategot

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in Atlanta, GA

A modernist wool woven tapestry designed by French artist and designer Mathieu Mategot (1910-2001) circa 1960s. The piece is signed with Matégot and monogrammed TMP fino (Manufactur...

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1960s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Canvas, Wool

Mathieu Mategot Aubusson Tapestry

$12,000

Mathieu Mategot Aubusson Tapestry

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in New York, NY

Mathieu Mategot abstract Aubusson Tapestry woven by Atelier Tabard Freres & Soeurs. Known as a French furniture designer he devoted his work full time to tapestries in the 1960s beco...

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1960s French Vintage Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Wool

Mathieu Matégot 'La Foret Petriei' Stitched Tapestry

$18,000

Mathieu Matégot 'La Foret Petriei' Stitched Tapestry

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in Dallas, TX

Hungarian-born Frenchman Mathieu Matégot, (1910-2001) left behind a successful career designing furniture and in the early 1960s devoted himself exclusively to the creation of tapest...

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1970s Modern Vintage Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Fabric, Canvas, Cotton, Linen

Mathieu Matégot Wool Rug by Aubusson, circa 1950, France

$12,600Sale Price|30% Off

Mathieu Matégot Wool Rug by Aubusson, circa 1950, France

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in Girona, Spain

Mathieu Matégot wool rug by Aubusson Made by the Aubusson manufacture Bold abstract design Signed Providence: Christie's auction house, circa 1950, France With restorations Go...

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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Wool

Maurice Dufrêne for La Maitrise art deco tapestry 1922

$40,712

H 60.24 in W 90.95 in D 0.4 in

Maurice Dufrêne for La Maitrise art deco tapestry 1922

By Maurice Dufrêne, La Maitrise

Located in Paris, IDF

Maurice Dufrene designed this tapestry for the studio La Maitrise, Les Galeries Lafayette, in Paris in 1922, just as he became the director of the studio. Crafted from handspun wool,...

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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Wool

Bobyrug’s Nice Antique French Hand Printed Lurçat Signed Tapestry

$3,022

H 40.95 in W 64.18 in D 0.16 in

Bobyrug’s Nice Antique French Hand Printed Lurçat Signed Tapestry

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

Very beautiful antique french hand printed tapestry with nice design of Jean Lurçat, with a signature printed on the design of the tapestr...

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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

19th Century Uzbek Silk Embroidered Suzani Tapestry

$7,500

H 91 in W 60 in D 0.1 in

19th Century Uzbek Silk Embroidered Suzani Tapestry

Located in New York, NY

19th century Uzbekistani hand spun linen Suzani with silk embroidered floral motif and silk ikat border. Reverse side has original antique Fine hand printed cotton backing.

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19th Century Uzbek Suzani Antique Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Linen, Silk

1960 Vintage Art Nouveau Tapestry Abstract Fish Handwoven 2x4

$1,960Sale Price|20% Off

H 50.01 in W 25.99 in D 0.3 in

1960 Vintage Art Nouveau Tapestry Abstract Fish Handwoven 2x4

Located in New York, NY

Vintage Art Nouveau Tapestry Abstract Fish Handwoven "This is a beautiful vintage handwoven tapestry featuring a unique abstract fish design with artistic Art Nouveau influence. The...

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1950s French Baroque Vintage Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Wool

Pierre Adrien Chabal, Louis XVI Style Beauvais Tapestry Panel, France - C.1855

$17,500

H 24 in W 35 in D 0.13 in

Pierre Adrien Chabal, Louis XVI Style Beauvais Tapestry Panel, France - C.1855

Located in Chatham, ON

Pierre Adrien Chabal-DUSSURGEY (1819-1902) Designer - BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY MANUFACTORY Maker - Important Antique Louis XVI style floral tapestry settee back fragment - the floral tapestry finely woven in wool and silk threads with garlands and swags and tassels - all centered by a powder blue ground cartouche with white roses within an oval frame - suitable for framing - France - circa 1855. Excellent antique condition - minor fading and loss - areas of wear/thinning - no apparent restoration - minor stains and soiling with signs of age and use. Size/dimensions - 35" (91.5 cm.) wide x 24" (61 cm.) high. Pierre Adrien Chabal-DUSSURGEY - born Pierre Adrien Chabal in 1819 in Charlieu and adopting the professional name of CHABAL-DUSSURGEY - well known for his paintings and studies of flowers in gouache and oils - attended the School of Fine Arts in Lyon - exhibited at the Paris and Lyon salons - he worked with the Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory and the Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory after 1849 designing tapestries, rugs and tapestry covers for seating - he designed tapestries for the Élysée Palace and worked with Empress Eugenie on furnishings for the small salon at the Élysée Palace and two salons in the palace of the Empress in Biarritz - tapestry covered furniture...

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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Antique French Silk Aubusson, circa 1890

$6,080

W 48 in L 72 in

Antique French Silk Aubusson, circa 1890

Located in Secaucus, NJ

The Aubusson workshops, on the river Creuse in France, are famous for their antique European rugs, carpets and tapestries, woven since the 18th century. The Royal Council established...

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Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Lady with the Unicorn, " La dame à la licorne " “Touch” Tapestry

$2,200

H 53 in W 52 in D 1 in

Lady with the Unicorn, " La dame à la licorne " “Touch” Tapestry

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A 20th Century tapestry reproduced from one of the original “Lady and The Unicorn” tapestries as part of the series of six original Belgi...

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20th Century Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Fabric

Bit Map Series 02, Multicolor Modern Graphic Woven Wall Tapestry & Throw Blanket

$200 / item

H 0.1 in W 60 in D 50 in

Bit Map Series 02, Multicolor Modern Graphic Woven Wall Tapestry & Throw Blanket

By Luft Tanaka

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Bit Map Series 02 by Luft Tanaka Studio A multicolored and visually striking throw blanket / wall tapestry woven out of 100 % cotton yarn. 50" x 60" / 127cm x 152cm (custom sizes available upon request) Reversible. Opposite side has the same design with inverted colors. The Bit Map Series is based on digital “doodles” Luft makes using Kid...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Cotton

Midcentury Tapestry "La Mousson" Signed by R. Fumeron

$6,141

H 35.44 in W 73.63 in D 0.2 in

Midcentury Tapestry "La Mousson" Signed by R. Fumeron

By Rene Fumeron

Located in Beirut, LB

Midcentury tapestry designed by Rene Fumeron (1921-2003) entitled "La Mousson". Limited edition, hand printed on wool, with the artist's initials R.F in the lower right corner with L...

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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Wool

Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin Large Linen Textile Swatch 1955 Signed, Schumacher

$892Sale Price|68% Off

H 1 in W 10 in D 20 in

Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin Large Linen Textile Swatch 1955 Signed, Schumacher

By Schumacher, Frank Lloyd Wright

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Panel swatch dating to frank Lloyd wright’s original 1955 collection for Schumacher. "Design 102" Extremely rare original large scale fabric swatch. This swatch is also in the collec...

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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Linen

Antique Early 20th Century Japanese Hand Stitched Silk Framed Tapestry

$3,250

H 42.5 in W 40 in D 1.5 in

Antique Early 20th Century Japanese Hand Stitched Silk Framed Tapestry

Located in Lambertville, NJ

All hand work framed silk Japanese tapestry with embroidered boarder. A deep custom black lacquered frame. Originaly sold from Newman Galleries....

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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Silk, Glass, Lacquer

Pretty antique french Aubusson tapestry

$2,092

H 43.71 in W 35.44 in D 0.24 in

Pretty antique french Aubusson tapestry

By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

Very beautiful antique French Aubusson tapestry featuring a view of a woman showing a bird in the nature in the woods. With nice natural colours in the hues of yellow, green, pink, o...

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Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Previously Available Items

Tapestry by Mathieu Matégot

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H 62.6 in W 46.46 in D 0.4 in

Tapestry by Mathieu Matégot

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire

limited edition “Arène” wool tapestry by Mathieu Matégot designed in the 1950’s for Tapecarias de Portalegre, Portugal. Numbered 1/6 Multicoloured ground woven in shades of red, p...

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20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Wool

Mathieu Matégot "Nocturne" Abstract Wool Tapestry, circa 1970

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H 55 in W 44 in D 0.5 in

Mathieu Matégot "Nocturne" Abstract Wool Tapestry, circa 1970

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in San Francisco, CA

Mathieu Matégot "Nocturne" handwoven abstract wool tapestry, circa 1970 Mathieu Matégot (April 1910-February 2001) was a Hungarian / French designer and material artist. He was on...

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Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Wool

Mathieu Matégot Signed Aubusson Tapestry for Pinton, France 1960s

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H 59 in W 39 in D 0.07 in

Mathieu Matégot Signed Aubusson Tapestry for Pinton, France 1960s

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in New York, NY

In the early 1960s, Matégot left furniture design to devote himself full time to tapestry work, becoming one of leaders of the modern movement in French tapestry. His tapestries toda...

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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Wool

Mathieu Matégot Tapestry Titled "Voilliers"

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H 51.5 in W 41 in D 1 in

Mathieu Matégot Tapestry Titled "Voilliers"

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in Dallas, TX

A tapestry titled "Voilliers" from an addition of six by Mathieu Matégot.

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1950s Vintage Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

Large Tapestry by Mathieu Matégot "Fiction"

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H 39 in W 98 in D 1 in

Large Tapestry by Mathieu Matégot "Fiction"

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in Dallas, TX

A large tapestry titled "Fiction" from an addition of six designed by Mathieu Matégot.

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1950s Vintage Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

"Portofino" Tapestry by Mathieu Matégot

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H 64.5 in W 39.25 in D 0.25 in

"Portofino" Tapestry by Mathieu Matégot

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in Dallas, TX

A beautiful modernist weaving by French artist Mathieu Matégot.

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1950s Vintage Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

Abstract Tapestry by Mathieu Matégot

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H 55 in W 41.5 in

Abstract Tapestry by Mathieu Matégot

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in Dallas, TX

Mathieu Matégot (1910-2001) was one of the most celebrated French designers of the 1950's. After the Second World War he established a workshop in Paris (later relocating to Casablan...

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1960s French Vintage Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

'Karikal', a modernist wool tapestry by Mathieu Matégot

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H 75.2 in W 32.29 in

'Karikal', a modernist wool tapestry by Mathieu Matégot

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in Milan, IT

Mathieu Matégot (1910-2001) was one of the most celebrated French designers of the 1950's. After the Second World War he established a workshop in Paris (later relocating to Casablan...

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1960s Portuguese Vintage Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

Mathieu Mategot Tapestry "Nocturnus"

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H 97 in W 50 in D 2 in

Mathieu Mategot Tapestry "Nocturnus"

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in New York, NY

Tapestry entitled "Nocturnus" designed by French designer and textile artist Mathieu Mategot, woven by Pinton Freres, Aubusson, c. 1960. Edition of six. 97" x 50". Woven signatures ...

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1960s French Vintage Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Wool

Mathieu Mategot / Aubusson "Dragon Dans La Nuit" Tapestry

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H 82 in W 62 in

Mathieu Mategot / Aubusson "Dragon Dans La Nuit" Tapestry

By Mathieu Matégot

Located in New York, NY

" Dragon Dans La Nuit" by Mathieu Mategot for Tapisserie D'Aubusson. Edition 3/6
Hand knotted wool, signed signature in tapestry, and Aubusson label.

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20th Century French Mathieu Matégot Tapestries

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Wool

Mathieu Matégot tapestries for sale on 1stDibs.

Mathieu Matégot tapestries are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wool and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Mathieu Matégot tapestries, although black editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original tapestries by Mathieu Matégot were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider tapestries by Elie Grekoff, Jean Picart Le Doux, and Atelier Robert Four. Prices for Mathieu Matégot tapestries can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $9,500 and can go as high as $22,799, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $15,000.