MATHIEU MATÉGOT WAS A HUNGARIAN, FRENCH DESIGNER AND MATERIAL ARTIST. HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED FRENCH DESIGNERS OF THE 1950S.

FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II, MATÉGOT 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 THEN LATER MOVED TO CASABLANCA. ALL OF THE FURNITURE AND OTHER OBJECTS HAD CLEVER, PRACTICAL, AND AMUSING DESIGNS. DISTRIBUTED TO DECORATION SHOPS IN EDITIONS OF 200, HIS WORK WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.

IN EARLY 1960S, MATÉGOT LEFT FURNITURE DESIGN TO DEVOTE HIMSELF FULL-TIME TO TAPESTRY WORK, BECOMING ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT IN FRENCH TAPESTRY.