Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin Book Form Bar Cabinet, Italy, 1950's.
By Aldo Tura
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An iconic Mid-Century Modern bar cabinet designed by Aldo Tura, Italy, circa 1950's. Crafted in Tura’s signature lacquered and parchment-finished goatskin, this highly distinctive ca...
Goatskin, Wood
Unavailable
H 11.82 in W 29.53 in D 7.88 in
Aldo Tura green lacquered book shelf with brass mounts, Italy circa 1950
By Aldo Tura
Located in Macclesfield, Cheshire
An Aldo Tura book shelf. Green lacquered parchment with brass mounts, Italy, circa 1950 Measures: 75 cm W x 20 cm D x 30 cm H.
Brass
1970s Italian Parchment Book Box by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in New York, NY
1970's Italian parchment book box with pull drawer Aldo Tura.
Aldo Tura Mid-Century Modern Book Shaped Dry Bar Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Mexico City, MX
Striking mid-century modern book shaped liquor cabinet by Italian designer Aldo Tura.
Brass
Italian Goatskin Book Shaped Dry Bar Cabinet by Aldo Tura, 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Very rare book shaped dry bar cabinet by Aldo Tura. The cabinet is made from wood, covered in brown and beiige lacquered goatskin with a hand painted renaissance scene and gilt meta...
Goatskin
Aldo Tura Book Slide
By Aldo Tura
Located in Norwalk, CT
FInely crafted column form book slide by Aldo Tura - signed
Metal
Italian Goatskin Book Shaped Dry Bar Cabinet by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A glamorous 1950s Italian goatskin book shaped dry bar cabinet designed by Aldo Tura.
Brass
Trompe L’oeil Bar by Aldo Tura
Located in New York, NY
Incredible trompe l’oeil bar by Aldo Tura. Lacquered goatskin book form bar painted with a partial reproduction of Breugel’s “Peasant Dance”.
Wood, Goatskin
Sold
H 48.43 in W 23.23 in D 14.18 in
Aldo Tura coloured goatskin and lacquer drinks cabinet, Italy circa 1960
By Aldo Tura
Located in Macclesfield, Cheshire
A rare drinks cabinet by Aldo Tura. Modeled as a book upon a horizontal book on stand.
Goatskin, Wood, Lacquer
$14,324Sale Price|30% Off
H 63.78 in W 45.28 in D 20.48 in
20th Century Italian Lacquered Goat Skin and Mahogany Bar by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An exceptional 20th Century Italian fitted bar cabinet by Aldo Tura. With illuminated interior. The cabinet covered in in lacquered goatskin on a mahogany base. A genuine statement p...
Goatskin, Mahogany
Aldo Tura Decorated Goatskin Bar Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Aldo Tura Goatskin Bar Cabinet Original Emerald Green Bibliotech Painted Decoration Tromp L'oeil scene in the style of Fornasetti Interior lights up when opened Glass Shelves and Key...
Goatskin
Italian Art Deco Goatskin Secretary
By Karl Springer, Aldo Tura, (after) Jean Michel Frank
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Art Deco Goatskin Secretary. This outstanding Italian Art Deco secretary desk covered in goatskin and trimmed in walnut with an upper level area of a lighter colored wood wi...
Goatskin, Wood
$7,030Sale Price|24% Off
H 60.5 in W 31.5 in D 17.25 in
Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin, Rosewood and Brass Italian Bar Cabinet, 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A freshly refinished Aldo Tura dry bar cabinet, crafted in Italy circa 1950s, showcasing Tura’s signature mix of luxury materials and sculptural mid-century form. The cabinet is fini...
Brass
$8,975
H 29 in W 33 in D 15 in L 29 in
Art Deco Brass Pulls & Leather Wrapped Base Paldao Wood Cabinet by Gilbert Rohde
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in New York, NY
An extraordinary piece of Art Deco design by the iconic American modernist Gilbert Rohde, this cabinet exemplifies his innovative approach to materials, form, and functionality. This...
Brass
$4,809
H 52.76 in W 24.41 in D 13.78 in
Italian Mid-Century Sideboard with Secretaire attributed to Paolo Buffa, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This so amazing cabinet with Secretaire of the 1950s is attributable to the design of Paolo Buffa. The external structure is refinished with glass dividers and parchment feet. Its ae...
Birch, Glass, Wood
Aldo Tura Bar Cabinet Brown Goatskin, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Aldo Tura goatskin bar cabinet, Italy, circa 1960. This beautiful small cabinet was illuminated and mirrored inside with three glass shelves, excellent original vintage condition. M...
Brass
$10,875Sale Price|25% Off
H 51.5 in W 72 in D 17.5 in
Rare Italian Custom Ordered Bar Cabinet by V. Dassi, C 1950
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful two-sided bar cabinet made in Milan by Dassi. Rosewood with carved forrest scene with horses and butterflies. Trimmed in brass with half round glass shelf to use a display....
Brass
Aldo Tura Mirrored Cabinet Bar on Pedestal Stand
By Aldo Tura
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE Late 1950's/early 1960's Italian standing bar cabinet with double doors by the 'Maestro of Parchment', Aldo Tura (1909-1963) in lacquered goatskin with illuminated mi...
Goatskin, Mirror
Rare Danish Bar Cabinet with Leather Parts 1960s
Located in Handewitt, DE
Rare Danish bar cabinet with leather handles and leather door panels. Consists of a base cabinet with top. Can also be placed separately. The top has shelves behind the doors. Base c...
Leather, Wood
$14,600
H 55.12 in W 57.88 in D 20.48 in
Mid-Century Bar Cabinet by Aldo Tura, Wood & Goatskin, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Berlin, DE
Mid-Century bar cabinet by Aldo Tura. Made from wood with laquered goatskin. Inside we find an illuminated mirrored compartment to store bottles and glasses. Good condition. The cabi...
Goatskin, Wood
Aldo TURA - Cabinet à cocktails
By Aldo Tura
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Aldo Tura (1909–1964) Rare cocktail cabinet for TURA, Italy, 1950s. Executed in walnut with black lacquered elements and a carved maple façade with basket-weave motif. Dimensions: 12...
Maple, Walnut, Lacquer
Aldo Tura Goatskin Books Bar Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Wonderful sculptural bar cabinet made by Aldo Tura in the 1960s. The Trompe l'oeil painted goatskin surface seems in a three-dimensional book shelf based on a tanned pearwood x base....
Goatskin, Mirror, Pearwood
$8,817
H 45.67 in W 48.82 in D 15.75 in
Elegant Mid-Century Italian Bar Cabinet 1940' Attributed to Osvaldo Borsani
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant and unusual bar cabinet. Decorated front door with geometrical inlaid. Door panels inside with mosaic mirror and brass and glass shelfs. Support with two pull-out drawers. ...
Wood
Very Rare Illuminated Aldo Tura Bar
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Very rare and exclusive minimalistic version with mirrored storage inside the doors.
Goatskin, Wood
Mid-Century Bar Cabinet by Osvaldo Borsani, Italy, 1950s
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
An important Italian bar cabinet made out of mahogany wood, attributed to Osvaldo Borsani, 1950’s. The cabinet can be flipped open using the original brass key. Thanks to the use of ...
Wood
One of the most enigmatic and polarizing figures to emerge in Italian design, Aldo Tura is an outlier in the world of mid-century furniture. The designer’s glamorous bar carts, coffee tables, cabinets and more resist categorization and draw inspiration from Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Baroque, Surrealist and modernist styles.
Tura moved through distinct phases in his career in terms of aesthetics, influences and finishes, rendering his life’s work exciting and diverse. Despite these phases, he held a singular devotion to one material: lacquered goatskin. Tura established a furniture production house in 1939 in Lombardy, and some of his early work focused on tables, decorative lamps and more. He later expanded to bar furnishings like rolling carts, cabinets and complementary barware accessories like ice buckets and cocktail shakers. The eccentric, gleaming and luxe surface of lacquered goatskin was a constant, along with eggshell, parchment and leather.
By the 1950s, Tura had begun to use hand-painted figural panels on the surface of cabinets, serveware (such as carafes) and other pieces. He even replicated famous works by artists like Monet and Bruegel the Elder and art from the Middle Ages, sometimes playfully embedding the paintings on cabinets shaped like oversize books. Even though he had a favored color palette of rich chocolate browns and deep emeralds, his style remained consistently hard to define.
Tura was unlike most of his Italian contemporaries but held a similar reverence for the nation’s traditional craftsmanship and artisanal techniques. He never followed the growing trend of mass-produced, industrial furniture and stuck to creating small, meticulously handcrafted collections. This principled choice means that today, a Tura piece is a rare and highly coveted collectible. The Tura firm continues to operate in Brianza, promoting Italian craftsmanship and the eclectic materials embraced by their namesake designer.
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