Aldo Tura Conference Tables
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
Italian Aldo Tura Goat Skin Parchment Rectangle Dining Table with One Leaf Board
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Aldo Tura conference tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Aldo Tura conference tables 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 conference tables, although orange editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original conference tables 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 conference tables by and Tecno. Prices for Aldo Tura conference tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $5,625 and can go as high as $25,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $15,313.