Artimeta - Mathieu Matégot - Jar - Trash can - Steel

Unique collectible piece; a trash bin from the 1950s by Mathieu Matégot in red perforated steel.

An internationally sought-after and valuable object. Photos are included as part of the description.

French/Hungarian designer Mathieu Matégot was born on April 4, 1910, in the Hungarian town of Tápió-Sully, just outside Budapest. Matégot would become one of the most recognized French designers of the 1950s and created several design classics.

Mathieu Matégot studied from 1925 to 1929 at the School of Fine Arts and Architecture in Budapest. At the beginning of his career, he designed sets for the Hungarian National Theater. He then traveled to Italy and the United States before eventually settling in France in 1931. During his first two years in France, Matégot designed both clothing and wall hangings. In 1933, he created his first rattan and steel furniture.

Mathieu Matégot's workshop produces chairs, tables, sideboards, desks, and furniture. What these products have in common is their clever, practical, and lightly humorous design. His objects are produced in a limited edition of 200 and are extremely popular.

What characterizes and distinguishes the design is that they are all made of perforated metal, the material that Mathieu Matégot pioneered in furniture design. Matégot's creations are now part of the collections of many famous museums, such as the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.