Important Design

Important Design

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Mathieu Matégot

Pair of Copacabana armchairs

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May 20, 12:30 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

Mathieu Matégot


Pair of Copacabana armchairs


Designed in 1955

Tubular metal, lacquered perforated sheeting and Rigitulle, fabric cushions

69 x 59 x 73 cm ; 27 ⅛ x 23 ¼ x 28 ¾ in.

Sotheby’s Sydney, 30 October 2007, lot 448

Private collection, Sydney

Shapiro Auctioneers Sydney, 22 October 2024, lot 99

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Private collection, France

Art et industrie, Paris, 1954, the model referenced under n°29, n. p.

Saint-Sère, "Problèmes pratiques, meubler son jardin en moderne", Plaisir de France, June 1955, p. 37

Philippe Jousse and Caroline Mondineu, Mathieu Matégot, Paris, 2003, p. 38-40, 96-97, 110-111, 118-119, 122-123, 128, 138-139, 175, 190-191

Patrick Favardin, Les Décorateurs des années 50, Paris, 2012, p. 42

Patrick Favardin, Mathieu Matégot, Paris, 2014, p. 115, 135, 140, 142, 144 et 251-252