Salvino Marsura Poseidone chair

The spare yet sinuous elements, each uniquely shaped, form the backrest of this chair, bringing to mind Poseidon’s crown or trident.  

The piece is in good condition, with some patination true to its age. The seat will be restored and reupholstered in the coming weeks (the price includes new upholstery).

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.

H114 W43 D51cm

SM103