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20th Century Brass Umbrella Stand Covered in Lacquered Goatskin by Aldo Tura

Name: 20th Century Brass Umbrella Stand Covered in Lacquered Goatskin by Aldo Tura
Brand: Aldo Tura
Price: 5700 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Late 20th century brass umbrella stand covered in lacquered goatskin by italian designer Aldo Tura By: Aldo Tura Material: brass, copper, goatskin, paint, parchment paper, zinc, metal Technique: cast, hand-painted, lacquered, painted Dimensions: 6 in x 14 in x 22 in Date: 1970-1979 Style: Mid-Century Modern, Art Déco, Art Nouveau, Modernism, Neoclassicism Place of origin: Italy Constructed of brass with a lacquered goat skin exterior, this umbrella stand takes the form of a rectangular prism. The front surface features a lithographic print depicting a Renaissance-era scene, enhanced by hand-applied touches. Structural elements include a pair of handles affixed to the sides, four supporting legs below, and an aperture at the top to insert umbrellas. An identifying label located underneath provides details about the stand's origins and maker. The execution displays an attention to both aesthetic and functional qualities. Aldo Tura was an Italian furniture designer best known for his mid-20th century creations that demonstrated a distinct fusion of design influences and fine craft techniques. Born in 1909, Tura began manufacturing his signature furniture pieces in 1939 in Lombardy, focusing on limited, handcrafted production. Typified by rich materials, sculptural forms, and artisanal construction, his singular designs blended elements of Art Déco, Art Nouveau, and Minimalism with Baroque and Surrealist elements in modern ways. Often incorporating unusual finishes like parchment, eggshell, and goatskin, as well as casters and wheels, his works resist categorization and draw inspiration from diverse styles. Highly collectible today, Tura's tables, lamps, cabinets, and bar carts showcase his outlier status in mid-century italian design through their blend of exotic materials and intense palettes. The piece shows signs of slight wear due to use and the passage of time, as well as some stains near the legs on which it stands as can be seen in the photos.

Creator:

Aldo Tura (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)Depth: 6 in (15.24 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)

Materials and Techniques:

Brass,Copper,Goatskin,Metal,Paint,Parchment Paper,Zinc,Cast,Hand-Painted,Lacquered,Painted

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1970-1979

Date of Manufacture:

1970-1979

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. The piece shows signs of slight wear due to use and the passage of time, as well as some stains near the legs on which it stands as can be seen in the photos.

Seller Location:

North Miami, FL

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU8678235984282

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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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