Salvino Marsura Figure umbrella stand

This sculptural umbrella stand is defined by two upright elements, one of which has the whiplash energy of a scorpion’s tail. A removable tray nestles at the bottom, while the stand perches on a textured base with three small feet.

The piece is in good condition, with some patination true to its age. 

Salvino Marsura (1938-2020) was an artisan metalworker. After learning his craft in the dynamic workshop of sculptor and ‘iron poet’ Toni Benetton, he spent more than 60 years producing sculpture, furniture, objects and memorials in his hometown of Treviso, Italy.

Marsura’s ironwork art and furniture relishes in the manual aesthetic of the forge, giving voice to the raw metal and the processes of its manipulation including sweltering heat, hammering, bending and welding. His distinctive hand marries elements of brutalism and traditional decorative arts.

H69 W36 D32cm

SM246