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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Large-Scale Goatskin Sideboard by Aldo Tura Italy, 1970s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Rosendahl, DE
This striking sideboard combines high-gloss lacquered goatskin with a finely crafted metal base, reflecting the experimental material language of Italian design in the 1970s. The sur...
Metal
$7,400Sale Price|20% Off
Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin, Rosewood and Brass Italian Bar Cabinet, 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A freshly refinished Aldo Tura dry bar cabinet, crafted in Italy circa 1950s, showcasing Tura’s signature mix of luxury materials and sculptural mid-century form. The cabinet is fini...
Brass
Vintage 20thC Italian Illuminating Bar Cabinet By Aldo Tura c.1960
By Aldo Tura
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A striking and highly decorative cabinet by Aldo Tura, Italy, dating to the 1960s, exemplifying the maker’s distinctive and inventive approach to surface and material. The cylindrica...
Walnut
Aldo TURA - Cabinet à cocktails
By Aldo Tura
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Aldo Tura (1909–1964) Rare cocktail cabinet for TURA, Italy, 1950s. Executed in walnut with black lacquered elements and a carved maple façade with basket-weave motif. Dimensions: 12...
Maple, Walnut, Lacquer
$14,036Sale Price|20% Off
Breathtaking Aldo Tura Sideboard or Room Divider with Real Back
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant sideboard in lacquered goatskin in good vintage condition on brass base. Hinges have been changed to high end ones - adjustable in three dimensions.
Goatskin
Vintage Aldo Tura Post-Modern Lacquered Parchment Desk, Italy
By Aldo Tura
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Aldo Tura Post-Modern Lacquered Parchment Desk, Italy Offered for sale is a rare Italian Aldo Tura post-modern gloss-lacquered parchment goatskin desk with four pedestal key...
Goatskin, Wood, Lacquer
Aldo Tura Brown Goatskin Parchment Brass Sideboard, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Paris, IDF
A unique and timeless vintage piece, this Aldo Tura mid-century sideboard feels imposing and glamourous. The varnished goatskin parchment, in rich shades of brown, makes this sideboa...
Brass
$9,334Sale Price|20% Off
Aldo Tura mobile bar 1960 mid-century.
By Aldo Tura
Located in Palermo, IT
Special product given its mid-century characteristics and condition 1960 Aldo Tura "Organetto," lacquered goat parchment cocktail bar cart with gilt brass hardware, key and wheels. T...
Brass
Rare and Amazing Aldo Tura green Goatskin Hexagonal Bar Cart
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant Aldo Tura bar cart on brass wheels in hexagonal shape with three glass doors and a rotating bottle holder inside.
Brass
$42,110Sale Price|20% Off
Iconic Aldo Tura Brown Goatskin Bar Cabinet with Electric Lift & Mirror Interior
By Aldo Tura
Located in Oirlo, LI
Step into the world of refined Italian design with this extraordinary Aldo Tura goatskin bar cabinet, crafted in Italy around 1960. Known for his daring use of luxurious materials a...
Goatskin, Smoked Glass, Wood
$14,421Sale Price|30% Off
20th Century Italian Lacquered Goat Skin and Mahogany Bar by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An exceptional 20th Century Italian fitted bar cabinet by Aldo Tura. With illuminated interior. The cabinet covered in in lacquered goatskin on a mahogany base. A genuine statement p...
Goatskin, Mahogany
Aldo Tura hand-carved lime wood bar cabinet.
By Aldo Tura
Located in Milano, IT
Aldo Tura(1909-1963) Rare hand-carved lime wood bar cabinet. Base and central upright in stained wood with two carved doors interrupted by horizontal rope lines. Maple interior, mi...
Wood
$14,000 / item
Aldo Tura Sideboard, Italy 1970s
By Aldo Tura
Located in New York, NY
Three-door sideboard covered with dark brown lacquered goatskin. This sideboard was designed by Aldo Tura in the 1970s. The label of Aldo Tura is on the back. The interior consists o...
Goatskin
Illuminated Dry Bar Cabinet In Ivory White, by ALdo Tura, Italy. 1960's
By Aldo Tura
Located in Cork, IE
We are delighted to bring to the market this ivory colored Aldo Tura bar cabinet, offering a mid-century modern statement piece that exudes refined luxury! Expertly handcrafted in M...
Brass
Mid-Century Bar Cabinet by Aldo Tura, Wood & Goatskin, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Berlin, DE
Mid-Century bar cabinet by Aldo Tura. Made from wood with laquered goatskin. Inside we find an illuminated mirrored compartment to store bottles and glasses. Good condition. The cabi...
Goatskin, Wood
Aldo Tura Bar Cabinet Brown Goatskin, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Aldo Tura goatskin bar cabinet, Italy, circa 1960. This beautiful small cabinet was illuminated and mirrored inside with three glass shelves, excellent original vintage condition. M...
Brass
Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin Credenza, Italy c 1970s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Norwalk, CT
Aldo Tura is world renowned for his innovative use of high style materials, most notably lacquered goatskin in rich colors. This elegant sideboard is an outstanding example of his de...
Goatskin
Aldo Tura Large Chest Of Drawers Credenza Brown Parchment Italy, 1970
By Aldo Tura
Located in Vienna, AT
Great chest of drawers in brown parchment designed and manufactured by Aldo Tura, Italy, 1970 - Dimensions are 51.2" x 35.43" x 18.9" Rare large credenza in brillant condition with ...
Wood, Parchment Paper
Aldo Tura Bar Cabinet, Iconic Italian Designer Goatskin Dry Bar Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Miami, FL
Own a piece of mid-century iconic Italian designed bar cabinet. Historical style and stunning this Aldo Tura dry bar cabinet, crafted in the 1950s is a great choice. Considered one ...
Brass
rare Aldo Tura bar cabinet with red Parchemin
By Aldo Tura
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
- rare bar cabinet by Aldo Tura - signed on the back - good vintage condition with signs of use - bright & vibrant red lacquer finish - rare version with straight legs
Belgian Black Marble
Aldo Tura Tobacco Goatskin Sideboard Two Doors, Italy, 1980
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Aldo Tura sideboard Model Stondato with elegant designed in 1980. The wooden frame covered with tobacco colored goatskin, varnished in clear acrylic lacquer, two doors, and glass she...
Goatskin, Glass, Maple
$15,775Sale Price|20% Off
Aldo Tura Mid-Century Parchment Goatskin Shelving System, Model 2073/1, Tura Milano
By Aldo Tura
Located in Conversano, IT
Extremely rare and monumental bookcase designed by Aldo Tura and produced by Tura Milano in Milan circa 1960, entirely clad in natural parchment dyed in a deep tobacco brown tone and...
Parchment Paper
$2,987Sale Price / set|20% Off
Angelo Mazzola Parchment Nightstands for Salpol In the Manner of Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in Conversano, IT
Experience the refinement of Italian decorative design with this elegant pair of vintage parchment nightstands, designed by Angelo Mazzola for Salpol in Italy during the 1970s. Stron...
Wood, Parchment Paper
Aldo Tura showcase cabinet made in Italy 1978
By Aldo Tura
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
An Aldo Tura Showcase Cabinet in Black Lacquered Goatskin – Italy, 1978, a Sculptural Masterpiece in High-Gloss Elegance. This exceptional showcase cabinet, designed and handcrafted ...
Goatskin, Glass
$10,293Sale Price|20% Off
Wonderful Aldo Tura Sideboard with Bar and Refrigerator
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Lacquered goatskin sideboard on chrome base, designed by Aldo Tura, circa 1970. Shelf and a chrome bar on top.
Goatskin
Aldo Tura Goatskin Books Bar Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Wonderful sculptural bar cabinet made by Aldo Tura in the 1960s. The Trompe l'oeil painted goatskin surface seems in a three-dimensional book shelf based on a tanned pearwood x base....
Goatskin, Mirror, Pearwood
An Aldo Tura Parchment Bar Cabinet Dry Bar
By Aldo Tura
Located in London, GB
A dry bar cabinet in lacquered parchment and rosewood by Aldo Tura Italy. An unusual model, slightly rarer than the others. The rectangular cabinet in lacquered Parchment, with the b...
Brass
Aldo Tura Creme Goatskin Hexagonal Bar Cart
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant Aldo Tura bar cart on brass rolls in hexagonal shape with three glass doors and a turnable bottle holder inside. This particular bar cart was executed, circa 1970 and is in ...
Brass
Two Beautiful, Very Rare 1960s Large Aldo Tura Shelves Made of Wood and Goatskin
By Aldo Tura
Located in München, DE
Two beautiful very rare 1960s large Aldo Tura shelves. The shelves are made of wood covered with beige goatskin and thick clear lacquer. The wall brackets are made of shiny brass. ...
Brass
Aldo Tura Goatskin Sideboard/Credenza, Italy, 1970
By Aldo Tura
Located in Chicago, IL
Aldo Tura Goatskin sideboard/credenza, Italy 1970.
Goatskin
Aldo Tura Rolling Bar Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Hanover, MA
1960 Aldo Tura "Organetto" cocktail bar cabinet trolley in beautifully grained pallisander and lacquered goatskin parchment with gilt brass hardware, key and wheels. This whimsical design is in the form of a barrel organ...
Brass
Vintage 20thC Italian Goatskin Bar Cabinet On Pedestal Base By Aldo Tura c.1960
By Aldo Tura
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A distinctive and highly collectible bar cabinet by Aldo Tura, dating to the 1960s, exemplifying the designer’s signature use of lacquered goatskin parchment. The cabinet features a ...
Goatskin
Aldo Tura Brown Goatskin Brass Stand Ice Bucket, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Wonderful ice bucket by Aldo Tura in brown parchment and a glass inlay, in excellent vintage condition. Along with artists like Piero Fornasetti and Carlo Bugatti, Aldo Tura (1909-19...
Brass
Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin Book Form Bar Cabinet, Italy, 1950's.
By Aldo Tura
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An iconic Mid-Century Modern bar cabinet designed by Aldo Tura, Italy, circa 1950's. Crafted in Tura’s signature lacquered and parchment-finished goatskin, this highly distinctive ca...
Goatskin, Wood
$7,018Sale Price|38% Off
Wonderful Aldo Tura Bar Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Behind the left door is a fully mirrored bar with a glass shelf. Behind the right door is a refrigerator.
Goatskin
$5,787Sale Price|20% Off
Luciano Frigerio Nettuno Curved Parchment Sideboard for Frigerio di Desio 1970
By Aldo Tura
Located in Conversano, IT
An extraordinary and extremely rare curved cabinet designed by Luciano Frigerio and produced by his namesake company, Frigerio di Desio. This exceptional piece represents the pinnacl...
Brass
Midcentury Bar Cabinet by Aldo Tura in Wood and Goatskin 'Parchment' 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Midcentury, Italian standing bar cabinet by Aldo Tura (1909-1963). In lacquered wood, stained goatskin (parchment) and brass, 1950s Italy. This Hollywood Regency cabinet has been fin...
Brass
Aldo Tura Sideboard Red Goatskin Highboard Brass Details Hollywood Regency Italy
By Atelier Tura, Aldo Tura
Located in Munster, NRW
Incredibly impressive sideboard made of lacquered goatskin in a warm shade of red, designed by Aldo Tura in Italy 1962. On the right, it has 5 drawers, next to which is a compartme...
Bronze
Aldo Tura Illuminating Dry Bar, 1960s Milan
By Aldo Tura, Tommi Parzinger
Located in Raleigh, NC
A striking mid century dry bar by Aldo Tura. Fully lacquered, brass accents abound with fully lighted, mirrored interior. This incredible design speaks for itself, loudly. The lac...
Brass
$29,870Sale Price|20% Off
Model 2031D Cabinet by Giorgio Tura & Nucci Valsecchi for Tura Milano, 1970
By Nucci Valsecchi, Aldo Tura
Located in Conversano, IT
Overview Rare Model 2031D cabinet by Giorgio Tura and Nucci Valsecchi for Tura Milano, Italy, 1970. An exceptional example of Italian design where architectural rigor meets one of th...
Parchment Paper
$6,417Sale Price|43% Off
Elegant Aldo Tura Glass Mirror Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Very elegant goatskin cabinet by Aldo Tura, Milano, 1974. Interior fully equipped with brown mirrors.
Glass, Mirror, Goatskin
Fabulous Aldo Tura Brown Goatskin Sideboard
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Fabulous lacquered goatskin sideboard with nice brass details, designed by Aldo Tura, in 1960s. Illuminated and two glass shelves inside on a wooden tanned pearwood base.
Brass
$14,036Sale Price|20% Off
Very Rare Illuminated Aldo Tura Bar
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Very rare and exclusive minimalistic version with mirrored storage inside the doors.
Goatskin, Wood
$7,934Sale Price|20% Off
Aldo Tura Rationalist Parchment Display Cabinet, Model 2100, by Tura Milano, 1970
By Aldo Tura
Located in Conversano, IT
Elegant display cabinet mod. 2100 attributed to Aldo Tura, produced in Italy in the 1970s, entirely clad in light natural goatskin parchment, the iconic material and unmistakable sig...
Glass, Parchment Paper
Aldo Tura Goatskin Mirror Bar Cabinet Italy 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Aachen, NW
This rare bar cabinet made from goatskin was designed by Aldo Tura in the 50s and produced in Italy. The bar cabinet features a mirrored inside life with lights. The doors having...
Goatskin, Wood
$26,883Sale Price|20% Off
Giorgio Tura & Nucci Valsecchi Model 2047 Goatskin Parchment Bar Cabinet for Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in Conversano, IT
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Crystal
$20,442Sale Price|20% Off
Giorgio Tura Model 1893/4P Italian Parchment and Brass Sideboard for Tura Milano
By Aldo Tura
Located in Conversano, IT
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Glass, Parchment Paper
Italian Convex Sideboard in Lacquered Tobacco Goatskin by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in Chicago, IL
This rare convex sideboard by Aldo Tura embodies the designer’s signature opulence and technical finesse. Crafted in Italy during the 1990s, the piece is made of oak, covered in a lu...
Goatskin, Wood
Aldo Tura Light Brown Goatskin Bar Cart
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Gorgeous Aldo Tura Hollywood Regency style bar or serving cart by Aldo Tura, Milano, Italy, 1965. Brown lacquered goatskin with two glass tops and a serving tray with brass handles. ...
Brass
Rare Aldo Tura White Goatskin Dry Bar/Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Brussels, BE
Cabinet Bar By Aldo Tura In White Goatskin, Very Unusual in This Color. Perfect and original condition, with key... Italy Circa 1960. Dimentions: 40 X 80 X 154cm
Goatskin, Wood
Gorgeous Aldo Tura Bar Cart Creme, 1965
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Gorgeous Aldo Tura Hollywood Regency style bar or serving cart by Aldo Tura, Milano, Italy, 1965. Creme lacquered goatskin bar or serving cart with two glass tops and serving tray wi...
Brass