Salvino Marsura Fiore bowl

The unevenly round petals of the Fiore – or flower – bowl imbue it with a quirky charm. Some of the vibrant petals have been given additional texture with marks scraped into the iron.

The piece is in good vintage condition, with patination in line with 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.

H13 W41 D48cm

SM358