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Aldo Tura Cabinets

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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Creator: Aldo Tura
Aldo Tura Illuminated Bar Cabinet in Cherry Brass and Mirrored Glass
By Aldo Tura
Located in Waalwijk, NL
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Aldo Tura Brown Parchment Brass Details Two Doors Lit from Within Dry Bar 1950s
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Aldo Tura Cabinets

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Brass

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...
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1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Aldo Tura Cabinets

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Brass

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....
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1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Aldo Tura Cabinets

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Goatskin, Mirror, Pearwood

1950s Bar Cabinet by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in Toronto, CA
This showstopper of a bar cabinet is by Italian designer Aldo Tura (1909 – 1963), known for his love of unusual materials, such as the lacquered goatskin used here. A rare piece with...
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Aldo Tura Bar Cabinet, Iconic Italian Designer Goatskin Dry Bar Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Miami, FL
Own a piece of mid-century iconic Italian designed bar cabinet. Historical style and stunning this Aldo Tura dry bar cabinet, crafted in the 1950s is a great choice. Considered one ...
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Mid-Century Aldo Tura Parchment Covered Pedestal Bar Light Up Mirrored Interior
By Aldo Tura
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1960s pedestal style bar designed by Aldo Tura is in the form of a large stemmed goblet made of wood covered in goatskin parchment. The body of the bar is decorated all the way...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Aldo Tura Cabinets

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Brass

Midcentury Bar Cabinet by Aldo Tura in Wood and Goatskin 'Parchment' 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Midcentury, Italian standing bar cabinet by Aldo Tura (1909-1963). In lacquered wood, stained goatskin (parchment) and brass, 1950s Italy. This Hollywood Regency cabinet has been fin...
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Bar designed by Aldo Tura , Italy C1950
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Superb Free standing cylindrical bar designed by Aldo Tura, Italy (1909-1963) C 1955. Decorated in classical Tura style with scenes of medieval knights and kings on horseback . Wi...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Tura Cabinets

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Elegant Aldo Tura Glass Mirror Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Very elegant goatskin cabinet by Aldo Tura, Milano, 1974. Interior fully equipped with brown mirrors.
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Wonderful Aldo Tura Sideboard with Bar and Refrigerator
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Lacquered goatskin sideboard on chrome base, designed by Aldo Tura, circa 1970. Shelf and a chrome bar on top.
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1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Aldo Tura Cabinets

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Goatskin

Rare Aldo Tura Lighted, Locking Bar Cabinet or Liquor Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Rovereta, Repubblica di San Marino
Aldo Tura floor standing bar cabinet. Mirrored interior with glass shelves. Interior lighting through milk glass panels in the bottom of the cabin...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Aldo Tura Cabinets

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Aldo Tura Italian Modern Parchment, Palisander and Trompe L'oeil Credenza
By Aldo Tura
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Mid-Century Modern credenza with two double hinged doors, finished in beige parchment with trompe l\'oeil inset designs on the doors. (Aldo Tura).
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Rare Aldo Tura White Goatskin Dry Bar/Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Brussels, BE
Cabinet Bar By Aldo Tura In White Goatskin, Very Unusual in This Color. Perfect and original condition, with key... Italy Circa 1960. Dimentions: 40 X 80 X 154cm
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aldo Tura Cabinets

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Aldo Tura Goatskin Mirror Bar Cabinet Italy 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Aachen, NW
This rare bar cabinet made from goatskin was designed by Aldo Tura in the 50s and produced in Italy. The bar cabinet features a mirrored inside life with lights. The doors having...
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Aldo Tura cabinets for sale on 1stDibs.

Aldo Tura cabinets are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of goatskin and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Aldo Tura cabinets, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original cabinets by Aldo Tura were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider cabinets by Charlotte Perriand, Vittorio Dassi, and Studio BBPR. Prices for Aldo Tura cabinets can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $3,100 and can go as high as $45,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $9,387.

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