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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Chrome and Wood Console Table from Aldo Tura, 1970s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Oirlo, LI
Refined and elegant console in chrome and wood, one of a kind design; chrome and wood design go perfectly together. This slick material turns this console table into a modernist scul...
Chrome
Vintage Aldo Tura Green Lacquered Goatskin Console Table
By Aldo Tura
Located in North Miami, FL
This unique green goatskin lacquered top console table with modern metal base by Aldo Tura, features three (3) drawers with lovely veneered wood interior. The goatskin top has a cou...
Metal
$5,728Sale Price|20% Off
Console in Goatskin Parchment with Brass Detailing for Salpol, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Cheyenne, WY
The luxe materials and exceptional craftsmanship of this parchment console mark an unequivocal nod to the style of Aldo Tura, whose modern furniture designs often tilted towards glam...
Brass
Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin Bar Cart
By Aldo Tura
Located in Atlanta, GA
Glamourous Lacquered Goatskin Bar Cart, designed by Aldo Tura, Italy, circa 1960s. It is a versatile size and can be used as a cocktail bar or serving cart, or as rolling storage in ...
Goatskin, Glass, Wood
Aldo Tura Green Goatskin Square Side Table
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Square side table made by Aldo Tura in green lacquered goatskin and four brass ros executed circa 1970s, in excellent condition. Along with artists like Piero Fornasetti and Carlo Bu...
Brass
1970s Chrome and Maple Console Table
Located in North Charleston, SC
Elegant Mid-Century Modern chrome and maple console table, circa 1970s. The sleek rectangular form features a polished chrome frame that encases a warm maple wood top and side insets...
Chrome
Aldo Tura Nesting Table Brown Goatskin 1960
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Nesting tables made by Aldo Tura in brown lacquered goatskin and executed circa 1960s with stained beech wood legs, in excellent vintage condition. The lacquered surface is new polis...
Goatskin, Beech
Lacquered Brown Goatskin Expanding Coffee Table by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Designed in Italy by Aldo Tura this RARE brown, lacquered goatskin, extending coffee table is fantastic. Tura's use of goatskin makes each piece uniquely beautiful. No two pieces wi...
Goatskin, Lacquer
Vintage Laminate Burl Wood and Chrome Console Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This vintage console table is a refined expression of mid-century modern design, pairing organic warmth with sleek industrial elegance. The tabletop is finished in richly patterned b...
Chrome
$8,930
H 14.97 in W 55.12 in D 31.5 in
Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin Sliding Coffee Table with Rounded Corners 1970s
By Aldo Tura
Located in London, London
Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin Sliding Coffee Table with Rounded Corners, Italy, 1970s A refined coffee table by Aldo Tura, produced in Italy during the 1970s, showcasing the designer...
Goatskin
$8,859
H 14.97 in W 55.12 in D 31.5 in
Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin Sliding Coffee Table, Italy, 1970s
By Aldo Tura
Located in London, London
Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin Sliding Coffee Table, Italy, 1970s A striking coffee table by Aldo Tura, produced in Italy during the 1970s, exemplifying the designer's mastery of luxu...
Goatskin
Aldo Tura, bar table in blue-green lacquered goatskin, 1960
By Aldo Tura
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Large parchment coffee table by Aldo Tura, produced in Milan, Italy, in the 1960s. The surface is crafted from lacquered goatskin parchment, a signature material of Tura’s work, cr...
Wood
$1,753
H 33.47 in W 31.5 in D 16.54 in
Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Console Table with Brass Details, France 1960.
By DesVaynes Chinoiserie
Located in Brussels, BE
Elegant chinoiserie console table with 2 large drawers and fine brass handles. The top show a chinese pattern. Probably French around 1960.
Brass
Large console in brass, Italy, 1960s
Located in Uccle, Bruxelles
Magnificent and large brass console table dating from the 1960s and made in Italy. This console table is one of a set of two console tables ...
Brass
$4,992Sale Price / item|25% Off
H 34 in W 48 in D 16 in
Walnut Console with Brass or Aluminum Inlay Detail
Located in Ballard, CA
The walnut console is a handcrafted edition, with tapered legs and brass or aluminum inlays, mitred corners and traditional joinery. Custom sizes and fi...
Aluminum, Brass
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H 29.53 in W 62.21 in D 17.72 in
Aldo Tura Red Parchment Console Table, Italian Modern Design, 1970
By Aldo Tura
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
A very rare red parchment console table by Aldo Tura. It is impeccable, elegant, and perfect for an entryway or living room. Aldo Tura is an iconic Italian designer and manufacturer...
Brass
Tobacco Parchment Console by Aldo Tura, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Conversano, IT
Elegant console table entirely clad in tobacco-colored parchment, designed and crafted by Aldo Tura in Milan during the 1960s. Its minimalist silhouette - defined by clean lines and...
Brass
Rare goatskin parchment console table by Aldo tura, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Very rare and large console table by Aldo Tura. Made out of varnished goatskin parchment. Good condition with normal age related wear. 1960s - Italy Good condition Dimensions: ...
Goatskin
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H 29.5 in W 60 in D 16 in
Italian Goatskin Wrapped Lacquered Waterfall Console Table by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare and beautiful Italian goatskin wrapped lacquered waterfall console table by Aldo Tura, circa 1960s. The table has two pull out drawers and measures 60"W x 16"D x 29.5"H. The p...
Goatskin, Wood
Rare goatskin parchment console table by Aldo tura, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Very rare and large console table by Aldo Tura. Made out of varnished goatskin parchment which is rich in grey and black shades. Good condition with normal age related wear. 1960...
Goatskin
A Parchment Console, Signed Aldo Tura, 1980s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a beautiful and stylish console table designed and made by Aldo Tuna an Italian company know for their work in Parchment. The table features a great beveled edge to the top ...
Goatskin
Aldo Tura Red Goatskin Night Stand 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Aldo Tura red goatskin parchment side table or night stand with one drawer. This wonderful elegant piece of Italian living culture consisting to three le...
Brass
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H 30.25 in W 100.25 in D 21.75 in
Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin Knife Edge Console Table, circa 1975
By Aldo Tura
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin Knife Edge Console table, circa 1975.
Goatskin, Wood
Console Green Lacquered Goatskin by Aldo Tura, Italy, 1970s
By Aldo Tura
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Console table half moon demi-lune in wood light green lacquered parchment goatskin by Aldo Tura.
Goatskin, Wood, Lacquer, Parchment Paper
Aldo Tura Green Parchment and Brass Side Bed Table, circa 1960
By Aldo Tura
Located in Vienna, AT
Original mid-century Aldo Tura side table with drawer, Milano 1960. Beautifully preserved parchment side or bed table with accentuated corinthian brass...
Brass
Rare Goatskin Parchment Brass Console Table by Aldo Tura, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Paris, IDF
The varnished goatskin parchment, in rich shades of brown, makes this console table typical of designer Aldo Tura. This beautiful console table would make a fascinating piece for an ...
Brass
2-Drawer Console Table by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in New York, NY
Lacquered parchment over wood. Original label. Very good condition, recently refinished.
Wood