Italian Trolley Mill Industrial Archeology
Located in bari, IT
Trolley from an old industrial cotton mill made with mixed timber dating back to the 1930s.
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Industrial Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
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FIAT construction site container
$1,277.90per set
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About the Item
A Fiat storage container, this iron artifact represents an authentic fragment of Italian manufacturing memory, a loading unit from the historic FIAT plants of the mid-20th century. More than an object of use, it takes the form of a material document that testifies to the golden age of industrial rationalism and the labor culture of the Turin hub. The object's value lies in its historical stratification: the punching of the FIAT trademark, embossed in the metal, certifies its belonging to a logistics system that defined the country's industrial landscape. The surface, marked by natural oxidation and the chrome residue of time, retains the original hand-applied numbering-identifying codes that linked each piece to specific departments or stages of the assembly line. Today, decontextualized from factory noise, this container is re-read through the filter of industrial archaeology. Its raw, superstructure-free aesthetic transforms it into a symbolic element, capable of bringing to contemporary environments the historical density of an assembly line that became an icon of the last century. A piece of philological recovery dedicated to those who seek the authenticity of an object that does not imitate the past, but contains it intrinsically in its material.
- Creator:Fiat (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 11.03 in (28 cm)Width: 19.69 in (50 cm)Depth: 8.27 in (21 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 5
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1963 ca
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading.
- Seller Location:bari, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU4076349767352
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