French Vintage Desk or Table Lamp in the Manner of Mathieu Matégot, 1950s

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French Vintage Desk or Table Lamp in the Manner of Mathieu Matégot, 1950s

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Vintage desk or table lamp in the manner of Mathieu Matégot, France, 1950s. Made of brass and perforated metal. Nice original green paint. Sometimes this lamp (or very similar ones) is introduced as by Mathieu Matégot and other times as in the manner by auction houses. Welcome to our Platinum 1stDibs store ! To be informed of our frequent new arrivals, follow us! To do this, click on the "View all from seller" button in the "More from this seller" section of this page. Finally click on the "Follow" button at the top of the next page. About Mathieu Matégot: Mategot volunteered for the French army at the start of World War II (1939–1945) and was taken prisoner, being freed in 1944. As a prisoner, he worked in a plant manufacturing mechanical accessories, where he learned the techniques and potential of sheet metal. After being released he became naturalized as a French citizen. Following the war, Mategot established a workshop for making handcrafted furniture using a variety of materials such as metal, rattan, glass, formica, and perforated sheet metal. The workshop made chairs, tables, sideboards, desks and other objects that he had designed. At first based in Paris, the workshop later moved to Casablanca. All the furniture and other objects had clever, practical and amusing designs. Distributed to decoration shops in editions of 200, his work was extremely successful. Mategot designed the three-legged "Nagasaki" chair in 1954 and the "Copacabana" armchair (1955/1956), both made of steel tube and perforated sheet metal, characteristic materials whose use Mategot pioneered. The Nagasaki chair is now held in the design collection at the Muse´e des Arts De´coratifs, Paris. The Copacabana armchair is in the design collection at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Beaubourg, Paris. Mate´got furnished or decorated buildings such as the Hotel de France in Conakry, Guinea, the Drugstrore Publicis in Paris and the Maison de l'ortf in Paris (1962.) Mategot continued to work on tapestry while engaged in other design activities, and a 1962 book La Demeure et les E´ditions des deux mondes pre´sentent les tapisseries de Mathieu Mategot documented some of his more important works to that date. In early 1960s, Mategot left furniture design to devote himself full time to tapestry work, becoming one of leaders of the modern movement in French tapestry. His tapestries today hang in many major buildings. For example, three of his works are in the National Library of Australia. When the building was opened, the "three remarkable tapestries [were] glowing like jewels in the marble-clad foyer". He was a friend of Jean Lurc¸at. His work used a restrained range of colors in rigorously abstract designs. Mathieu Mategot died at Angers, France in February 2001.

Similar to:
Mathieu Matégot (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 16.93 in (43 cm)Width: 5.52 in (14 cm)Depth: 12.21 in (31 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Brass,Metal
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
1950-1959
Date of Manufacture:
1950s
Condition:
Some very small lacks of paint and small bumps on the base edge. Delivered wired with a B22 socket for your country (US, EU, Australia, etc...).
Seller Location:
Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2312311924513