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Aldo Tura Trolley in Goatskin circa 1950s

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Aldo Tura Trolley in Goatskin circa 1950s.Retains original finish, patina, Some loss to Goat skin finish and front / center leg repair (see photo) My opinion ,one of his best designs Hand delivery avail to New York City or anywhere en route from Buffalo NY , HEIGHT: 28'' LENGTH: 42'' DEPTH: 26'' Tura began designing and making works in the 1930s. His atelier, located in Lombardy near Milan, crafted small number productions while other makers were focused on mass manufacturing. Most pieces were designed and made for entertaining in the home. Tura used an experimental design process and included unique materials such as lacquered goatskin, eggshell, veneer and parchment often finished with bronze and brass fittings.

Creator:

Aldo Tura (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 42 in (106.68 cm)Depth: 26 in (66.04 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Brass,Goatskin,Wood

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1950-1959

Date of Manufacture:

1950s

Condition:

Repaired: FRONT CENTER LEG REPAIRED. Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Buffalo, NY

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU1062439490582

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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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