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. The bar is
Brass
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
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. Wood cabinet
Brass
Aldo Tura Book Slide
By Aldo Tura
Located in Norwalk, CT
FInely crafted column form book slide by Aldo Tura - signed
Metal
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
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
Goatskin, Wood, Lacquer
$7,313Sale Price|20% Off
H 71.66 in W 43.31 in D 19.69 in
21st Century Gallery Cabinet, Inlay in Olive Root, Maple, Ash, Made in Italy
By Hebanon Fratelli Basile, Hebanon Studio
Located in Nocera Superiore, Campania
This tall cabinet in ash tree and olive burl features a front that, with the use of black ash and whitened maple wood, reproduces a trompe d'oeil expertly executed with artisanal met...
Iron
$1,755 / item
H 15.75 in Dm 43.31 in
Contemporary Art Deco Mint green and Red powder coated Carousel 5 arms pendant
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Carousel suspension lamp has a delicate balance of form and function that produces a quiet, modern light ambiance for all to savour, with its Contemporary Art Deco lines. The struct...
Metal
$17,250 / item
H 13.78 in W 38.98 in D 72.84 in
Brutalist Teal Ceramic & Verdigris Copper Coffee Table by Egg Designs
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
Egg Designs’ Boogie Nights coffee table (2021) is a bold, Brutalist-inspired piece handcrafted with sculptural impact. It features individually glazed teal-green ceramic tiles applie...
Copper, Steel
1930's Italian Art Deco Mirrored Bar Cabinet
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Hanover, MA
Dry bar console cabinet circa late 1930's early 1940's derived from a skilled Italian craftsman, this exceptional bar cabinet excels in form, use of materials, composition and crafts...
Brass
$290,000
H 136 in Dm 108 in
Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns . Monumental Exquisite refined work King Charles X Period Rotunda rotundus building structure with a...
Stone, Copper
Harvey Probber American Mid-Century Green Velvet Round Sofa
By Harvey Probber
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century large round sofa with a low curved partial backrest and emerald green velvet upholstery with a button tufted removable seat cushion, resting on five short brass ...
Metal, Brass
2 parts sofa in stainless steel by Studio Glustin
By Glustin Creation
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
2 parts sofa in stainless steel with seating upholstered with a fabric by Dédar. Creation by Studio Glustin. France, 2023.
Stainless Steel
$27,500
H 46.46 in W 101.58 in D 20.28 in
Ernesto Valabrega for Studio Vittorio Valabrega Decorative Fireplace Mantel
By Vittorio Valabrega
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ernesto Valabrega for Studio Vittorio Valabrega, decorative fireplace mantel, lacquered wood, plaster, glass, iron, Italy, 1930s This striking decorative fireplace mantel, presumabl...
Iron
Wonderful Aldo Tura Bar Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Behind the left door is a fully mirrored bar with a glass shelf. Behind the right door is a refrigerator.
Goatskin
$7,777
H 49.22 in W 74.81 in D 19.69 in
Paolo Buffa Mid-Century Modern Italian Mahogany and Walnut Bar Cabinet, 1950s
By Consorzio Esposizione Mobili Cantù
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Superb bar cabinet designed by the famous architect Paolo Buffa, in walnut, mahogany and brass finishes, the inside of the cabinet is covered with decorated mirror squares, the top o...
Brass
$17,900
H 49.8 in W 43.5 in D 18 in
Vintage Art Deco Bar Cabinet, Handcrafted Mahogany, Italy, Circa 1935
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Art Deco Italian bar cabinet with a twelve paneled mirrored front made of hand crafted polished Mahogany in good condition. The lower part is decorated with vertical wooden...
Metal
Mid-Century Italian Bar Cabinet 1950' Osvaldo Borsani style
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant and unusual bar cabinet. Decorated front door with finely engraved bird figures. Door panels inside with mosaic mirror and brass and glass shelfs. Support with two pull-out d...
Wood
Pair Monumental English Oak Haberdashery Cabinets
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1900 Pair monumental English oak haberdashery cabinets (can be split into two sections or pushed together) sku 1275 Price for the pair We can also customise existing piece...
Oak
$62,916 / item
H 36 in W 80 in D 23 in
Amuneal's Blue Lacquer Bar Cabinet with Brass Countertop and Integral Sink
By Amuneal
Located in New York, NY
Amuneal's Blue Lacquer Bar Cabinet with Brass Countertop and Integral Sink features hand-polished lacquered cabinet doors and drawer faces inlayed with buffed brass and integral pull...
Brass
$9,094Sale Price|20% Off
H 53.15 in W 64.97 in D 17.72 in
Elegant Italian Art Deco Dry Bar Cabinet by Michele Merighi 1940
Located in Rome, IT
Large Italian mahogany Art Deco bar cabinet designed by Michele Merighi and made by Ronconi Cantù. This cabinet is part of the dining room published on Fontana Arte ( the Arting Com...
Wood
On Hold|$6,880
H 51.19 in W 33.47 in D 15.75 in
Aldo Tura Brown Parchment Brass Details Two Doors Lit from Within Dry Bar 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in IT
Aldo Tura dry bar. Brown parchment, brass hardware, two drawers, two doors lit from within from 1950s period. Internally this dry bar is arranged with glass shelves and there are lig...
Brass
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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