Aldo Tura Parchment Covered Jewelry Box
View Similar Items
Aldo Tura Parchment Covered Jewelry Box
About the Item
- Creator:Aldo Tura (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 9 in (22.86 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)Depth: 9 in (22.86 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Parchment Paper
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1970s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: 12831stDibs: LU4917115728141
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.
Find authentic vintage Aldo Tura furniture today on 1stDibs.
- Italian Parchment Coffee by Aldo TuraBy Aldo TuraLocated in New York, NYThe parchment wrapped top sealed with shellac and supported by an intricate brass base. The table is marked with a manufacturer's label on the bottom of the table.Category
20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsBrass
- Brass Box with FiligreeLocated in New York, NYRegency brass veneered letter box The brass veneered letter with delicate filigree accents throughout. The canted lid opening to reveal a mirrored underside and leather writing su...Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
MaterialsBrass
$1,950 Sale Price30% Off - 18th Century Carved Walnut BoxLocated in New York, NYThe elaborate ovoid form walnut box with lid showing royal coat of arms carved in relief, acanthus leaves at stylized points and opens to reveal an...Category
Antique 18th Century Decorative Boxes
MaterialsWalnut
- Scheurich Keramik Ceramic Glazed VaseLocated in New York, NYScheurich blue and orange ceramic glazed vase, Germany, circa 1970.Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Urns
MaterialsCeramic
- Large Scale West German Ceramic VaseLocated in New York, NYLarge orange glazed ceramic vase with lava textured design and cobalt blue interior glazing. Marked on bottom : W Germany, numbered 553-52.Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Urns
MaterialsCeramic
- Murano Glass VaseLocated in New York, NYHand blown Murano glass with a scavo surface, veined to mimic marble.Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
MaterialsBlown Glass
$2,800
- Aldo Tura, Pipe Shaped Parchment Tobacco Box, Macabo Italy 1950sBy Macabo, Aldo TuraLocated in Firenze, ITPipe shaped parchment and brass tobacco box designed by Aldo Tura Macabo Italy 1950s The box has two compartments, one for storing tobacco and anoth...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
MaterialsBrass
- Aldo Tura Green Goatskin Chrome BoxBy Aldo TuraLocated in Munich, DEElegant cigar box in lacquered goatskin. This box was executed, circa 1960 in light green parchment with chrome parts. Very good vintage condition. Along with artists like Piero Forn...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
MaterialsGoatskin
- 20Th Century, Amazing, Mid-Century Modern Aldo Tura box in decorated parchment.By Aldo TuraLocated in Catania, ITAmazing Rectangular box decorated with an architectural whim, made by the Italian designer Aldo Tura. Made in Italy in the 1960s. Good conditions overall, original patina. Our main goal is customer satisfaction, so the packaging and shipping of this item will be done with the utmost care. This Item is the ideal object to create a perfect moment...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
MaterialsBoxwood, Parchment Paper
- Original Italian Aldo Tura Goatskin Jewelry Chest circa 1950'sBy Aldo TuraLocated in Haddonfield, NJA fabulous vintage Aldo Tura Goatskin Jewelry Chest. The quality is impeccable. The beautiful goatskin with 6 drawers in fine wood and 5 have the original green velvet to lay your je...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
MaterialsBrass
- Emerald Green Goat Skin Covered Wooden Cylinder Box in the Style of Aldo TuraBy Aldo TuraLocated in Chicago, ILThis is a beautiful emerald green goat skin cylinder box with a brass pineapple finial on lid and wooden interior in the style of Aldo Tura.Category
Vintage 1950s European Tea Caddies
MaterialsBrass
- Rooster Aldo Tura Ice Box Pitcher Midcentury Italian Design Multicolor, 1950sBy Aldo TuraLocated in Palermo, SicilyRooster Aldo Tura ice box pitcher midcentury Italian design multicolor, 1950s Measures: Box height cm.17, diameter cm.18, teaspoon height cm.28, pit...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
MaterialsBrass
$757 Sale Price30% Off
