Vintage Buenilum tray featuring Westinghouse micarta 21.5” handle to han…

Vintage Buenilum tray featuring Westinghouse Micarta. 21.5” handle to handle. About 18” tray diameter. Formica type faux wood grain . See photos for wear and marks. Well loved with some imperfections but this piece still has life in it! Handles slightly loose but still solidly attached. Very cool coffee table tray or great for a party! Awesome MCM design! From the web: “Buenilum: The Buenilum Aluminum company was founded as Buehner-Wanner by metalsmith and industrial designer Frederick Buehner and his business partner, Franz Wanner, in Norwalk, Conn. in 1944. Buehner emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1929. He developed a unique formula for using hammered aluminum, which he trademarked in 1933 as Buenilum, a cross between Buehner and aluminum. The Buehner-Wanner company produced Buenilum pieces throughout the 1930s, ’40s, ’50s and ’60s, making mid-century modern decorative, kitchenware and food service items such as serving trays, lazy Susans, relish dishes, bowls, pots and pans. Micarta: Developed in 1910 by Westinghouse Electric Corporation as an industrial thermo-set laminate for electrical insulation, Micarta is known for being "The Steel of the Plastic Industry". Made of fiberglass canvas, linen or paper layers which were soaked in phenolic resin, then baked and pressed into large sheets, tubes or rods of varying thicknesses. Micarta is a hard, compact composite material that will not warp, expand or shrink with age and exposure to the weather”