MATHIEU MATÉGOT (1910-2001) - Lot 316

MATHIEU MATÉGOT (1910-2001) "Furniture designed for the attic of Dr Claoué's duplex apartment, Paris, 1961. Folding desk-table in birch veneer; taken from the woodwork of the room housing the island previously sold. The rectangular, banded top is mounted on a brass Piano hinge. The folding base, hinged to the inside of the entablature, in square-section tubular brass. Unfolded: H. 74 cm - L. 120 cm - W. 70 cm Used condition, knocks (particularly to the corners), accidents and missing veneer. Provenance : Succession Claoué, Paris. Provenance and history: Succession Claoué, Paris. In 1956, Mathieu Matégot decorated Dr. Claoué's clinic with furniture made, in part, of lacquered or perforated metal. Included in this ensemble was a large desk with a base sheathed in black saddle-stitched leather and a large clear glass slab top. In 1961, five years after building his clinic, Dr Claoué naturally commissioned the decorator to arrange and decorate the attic rooms above his Paris apartment. Our desk is the result of a large cherry-wood veneer panel installed in the part of the attic that accommodates the living-room island. Expert : Emmanuel Eyraud