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1950s Aldo Tura Mid-Century Modern Brown Goatskin and Silver Plate Square Carafe

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A 1950s Mid-Century Modern silver plated and brown Goatskin Thermos Carafe designed by Aldo Tura and manufactured by Tura Creazioni Milano, it's in lovely conditions, brown goatskin and silver plated are in original patina. The carafe features a sleek and minimalist design would have been designed to keep beverages hot or cold for extended periods of time. The combination of silver plated and brown goatskin, creating a warm and inviting aesthetic that is emblematic of Tura's signature style. Mid-century modern design was a popular movement in the mid-20th century, characterized by clean lines, minimal ornamentation, and an emphasis on functionality and simplicity. Tura's carafe exemplifies these principles, with its simple and elegant form. Today, a 1950s Mid-Century Modern Thermos Carafe by Aldo Tura is a highly collectible item among enthusiasts of mid-century modern design and vintage tabletop items.

Creator:

Tura (Manufacturer),Aldo Tura (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 13.39 in (34 cm)Width: 5.52 in (14 cm)Depth: 4.34 in (11 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Goatskin,Silver Plate

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

Mid-20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

c. 1950

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Aci Castello, IT

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU2394338202652

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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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