‘CHANTILLY’ SERVING TRAY
DESIGN: MATHIEU MATEGOT 1950IES
PRODUCER: ARTIMETA
MEASUREMENTS: 55 x 29 CM
PRICE: SOLD
Collector’s item, this genuin Mathieu Matégot serving tray. Showed in the 1956 Mategot Catalogue of the Artimeta factory, called product nr 52 ‘Chantilly’ ( with picture of exact this model ). During the fifties, Matégot designed a series of ( small ) metal furniture and household products for Dutch company Artimeta, all limited produced. After the second world war, Artimeta was one of the Dutch companies which became succesful producing small metal furniture and lighting designs in a new, innovative European style. Solid original condition with usermarks.
After the second world war, French designer Mathieu Matégot ( 1910 – 2001 ) set up a workshop for handcrafted furniture in Paris for designing furniture and household articles. He used quite innovative materials such as perforated metal and rattan to create his light weight, sculptural designs. Matégot ended his career as a furniture designer quite early ( 1959 ) and devoted himself to the design of tapestry.
Today some of his influential furniture designs are part of the collection at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris and the design collection at the Georges Pompidou Centre.