1970s Aldo Tura Goatskin Dining Table
View Similar Items
1970s Aldo Tura Goatskin Dining Table
About the Item
- Creator:Aldo Tura (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 29.53 in (75 cm)Diameter: 59.06 in (150 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1970
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Saint-Ouen, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU105723131792
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.
- Castellary Table by Frederik SmitsLocated in Saint-Ouen, FRCastellary round table by Frederik Smits Handmade by the artist Edition of 15 pieces Lacquered metal and wood.Category
2010s Dutch Modern Center Tables
MaterialsMetal
- 1970 Stone and Resin TableLocated in Saint-Ouen, FRResin and stone table In the stvle of Ado Chale Resin and stone with texture on the surface Belgique 1970Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
MaterialsStone
$12,051 - Neoclassical Style Lombard Table, circa 1800Located in Saint-Ouen, FRIn marquetry de various woods, bone and nacre. Top with floral motifs and arabesques. Hercules fighting a lion in the center top. Drawer in front. Giuseppe Maggiolini style in la...Category
Antique Early 1800s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsWood
- Magnificent Italian Centre Table, 18th CenturyLocated in Saint-Ouen, FRMagnificent Italian centre table, 18th century Magnificent centre table with bone inlay work. At the top decoration of scrolls and lions holding coat of arms. Topped with specimen...Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Tables
MaterialsMarble
- French Center Table, Early 19th CenturyLocated in Saint-Ouen, FRFrench center table. Probably model of the cabinetmaker Jacob-Desmalter. With gilt bronzes an Belgian granite top. Early 19th century.Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Center Tables
MaterialsGranite, Bronze
- Empire French Center Table, 19th CenturyLocated in Saint-Ouen, FREmpire French center table i with ormolu and topedd with Tinos marble. Has a label that refers to Petit Luxembourg in Paris.Category
Antique 19th Century French Center Tables
MaterialsMarble, Ormolu
- Midcentury Aldo Tura Italian Circular Goatskin Dining Table with LeavesBy Aldo TuraLocated in New York, NYItalian midcentury circular goatskin center table with circular pedestal base with silver metal trim along base and an expandable tabletop with two leaves. (leaves: 16" each) (Aldo T...Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
MaterialsGoatskin
- Aldo Tura Light Green Goatskin Square Dining Table, 1970sBy Aldo TuraLocated in Munich, DEThe elegant Aldo Tura parchment square dining table is based on iconic octagon column stand. This particular dining table was executed in the 1970s and is in excellent condition. Al...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Dining Room Tables
MaterialsGoatskin, Beech
- Aldo Tura Goatskin Dining TableBy Aldo TuraLocated in Brooklyn, NYThis stunning oversized dining table is easily folded up to a still spacious size of 60 W x 60 D. Vintage crimson stained goatskin finish is pro...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsGoatskin
$5,625 Sale Price75% Off - Aldo Tura Table Made of GoatskinBy Aldo TuraLocated in San Cristobal de Las Casas, ChiapasTable made of goatskin in red color from furniture designer Aldo Tura, is in perfect condition.Category
Vintage 1960s European Modern Center Tables
MaterialsGoatskin
- Aldo Tura large goatskin parchment dining table 1960sBy Aldo TuraLocated in Paris, IDFThis unique Aldo Tura dining table was produced in Italy in the late 1960s, and really feels imposing and glamorous. The lacquered goatskin parchment, in rich shades of brown and dar...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsGoatskin
- 1960s Aldo Tura Dining Table Wrapped Goatskin ItalyBy Karl Springer, Aldo TuraLocated in Chula Vista, CASensational lacquered goatskin wrapped dining table in caramel brown. Sheer Elegance. Intimate dining, circular form on thick legs. No extension leaves. Unmarked. Attributed to desig...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsGoatskin