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Aldo Tura

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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Designer: Aldo Tura
Ultra Rare 1970's Tura 450 Half Frame Burgundy Leather Pink Lenses Sunglasses
By Aldo Tura
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Ultra Rare 1970's Tura 450 Half Frame Burgundy Leather Pink Lenses Sunglasses This is a seldom and rare piece not only for its aesthetic value but for its importance in the sunglasse...
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1970s Canadian Aldo Tura

New Vintage Tura Mod 825 Overzised Gold Frame 1970'S Japan Sunglasses
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Located in Baleares, Baleares
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Vintage Rare 1970's Tura 444 Copper Oversized Brown Lenses Sunglasses
By Aldo Tura
Located in Baleares, Baleares
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Ultra Rare 1970's Tura 348 Oversized Black Lenses Sunglasses
By Aldo Tura
Located in Baleares, Baleares
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Ultra Rare 1970's Tura 443 Oversized Gold Blue Gradient Lenses Sunglasses
By Aldo Tura
Located in Baleares, Baleares
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1970s French Aldo Tura

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Located in Baleares, Baleares
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Ultra Rare 1970's Tura Oversized Copper Brown Gradient Lenses Sunglasses
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Located in Baleares, Baleares
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Ultra Rare 1970 Tura 145 Half Frame Clear Rhinestones RX Demo Lenses Sunglasses
By Aldo Tura
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Tura 12K gold filled with clear rhinestones sunglasses circa 1970's. Half Frame with RX lenses. This is a seldom and rare piece not only for its aesthetic value but for its importan...
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1970s French Aldo Tura

Ultra Rare 1970's Tura Bejewel Oversized Blue Light Lenses Sunglasses
By Aldo Tura
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Ultra Tura oversized bejewel sunglasses circa 1970's by Tura. This is a seldom and rare piece not only for its aesthetic value but for its importance in the sunglasses and fashion...
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1970s French Aldo Tura

Ultra Rare 1970's Tura 145 Half Frame Blue Rhinestones RX Demo Lenses Sunglasses
By Aldo Tura
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Tura 12K gold filled with blue rhinestones sunglasses circa 1970's. Half Frame with RX lenses. This is a seldom and rare piece not only for its aesthetic value but for its importanc...
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Ultra Rare 1970's Tura 425 Oversized Gold & White Light Lenses Sunglasses
By Aldo Tura
Located in Baleares, Baleares
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Vintage Rare Tura Canada Tan Leather 1970 Sunglasses
By Aldo Tura
Located in Baleares, Baleares
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Vintage Rare Tura Matte Grey Changeable Lenses 1970 Sunglasses
By Aldo Tura
Located in Baleares, Baleares
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1960s Japanese Aldo Tura

Vintage Rare Tura Canada Mod 791 Leather 1980 Sunglasses
By Aldo Tura
Located in Baleares, Baleares
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1960s Japanese Aldo Tura

Vintage Tura 1970's Blue Oversized Japan 1980 Sunglasses
By Aldo Tura
Located in Baleares, Baleares
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