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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$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
$23,200Sale Price|20% Off
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
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
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
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 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
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
$10,211Sale 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 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
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
$6,382Sale 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
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 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
$6,962Sale 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
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
$2,901
H 29.02 in W 15.75 in D 33.67 in
Aldo Tura 1950s Mid-Century Bar Cart, Trolley or Stand in Brown Italian Goatskin
By Aldo Tura
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Midcentury Modern vintage Italian 1950s bar cart, tea trolley or drinks stand by Aldo Tura, Milan. The brown colored and lacquered goatskin leather combined with gilded cast metal ha...
Metal
eye catching aldo tura goatskin barcart
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
rare and amazing aldo tura barcart.
Metal
$14,265Sale Price|30% Off
H 63.78 in W 45.28 in D 20.48 in
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
Mid-Century Folding Bar Cabinet, Italy circa 1950s
Located in New York, NY
An Italian modernist folding bar cabinet. Bar folds open in the middle and is finished on all sides to be free standing. Mahogany, teak, patinated...
Mahogany
Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin Bar Cart
By Aldo Tura
Located in Atlanta, GA
Glamourous Lacquered Goatskin Bar Cart, designed by Aldo Tura, Italy, circa 1960s. It is a versatile size and can be used as a cocktail bar or serving cart, or as rolling storage in ...
Goatskin, Glass, Wood
Aldo Tura Bar Cart Brown Goatskin
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
Bar cart by Aldo Tura in lacquered goatskin, brass and glass with a removable tray and bottle holders, Italy, 1950s. Measures: 85 x 51 x 62 cm.
Brass
Aldo Tura Serving Bar Cart in Cherry-Red Goatskin, Italy 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in München, BY
Rare 1960s Aldo Tura serving bar cart crafted from wood, clad in cherry-red goatskin and finished with a thick, clear lacquer coating. The high-quality frame is made of brass. A hig...
Brass
$2,668
H 27.56 in W 34.26 in D 15.36 in
Italian 1960s Art Deco Mid-Century Burl Walnut Mirror Mosaic Dry Bar Cabinet
By Paolo Buffa, Gio Ponti, Ico & Luisa Parisi, Guglielmo Ulrich, Vittorio Dassi
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern drinks dry bar cabinet with black glass top and beautiful veneer walnut briar burl wood, two doors and great central wooden decor cra...
Brass
$1,914
H 27.96 in W 28.75 in D 14.57 in
1950s Midcentury Regency Italian Wood, Brass and Mirror Dry Bar Cabinet Cart
By Vittorio Dassi, Paolo Buffa, Gio Ponti, Guglielmo Ulrich, Ico & Luisa Parisi
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern dry bar cabinet cart characterized by its original Asian themed painted front wood pull-out tilt door with interior part in mirror glass, standing on its antique brass wheels...
Brass
$1,508
H 21.07 in Dm 12.8 in
Round, small 1960s Aldo Tura serving or bar trolley in red goatskin leather
By Aldo Tura
Located in München, DE
Beautiful small round 1960s Aldo Tura serving/bar trolley made of wood with red goatskin leather and a thick clear lacquer finish. The frame is brass-plated metal. With one removable...
Metal, Brass
Italian Lacquered Goatskin Bar Cart by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura, Karl Springer
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Lacquered Goatskin bar cart by Aldo Tura. Stunning Italian midcentury lacquered goatskin bar cart, serving cart or drink cart with brass fittings by Aldo Tura. Simplistic in ...
Brass
$2,750
H 21.66 in W 22.05 in D 13.39 in
Attributed to Aldo Tura Red Goatskin and Brass Bar Cart, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegant Italian bar cart attributed to Aldo Tura, featuring two oval tiers covered in deep red goatskin parchment with lacquered finish and gilt brass details. Raised on original cas...
Brass
Bar designed by Aldo Tura , Italy C1950
By Aldo Tura
Located in Oxford, GB
Superb Free standing cylindrical bar designed by Aldo Tura, Italy (1909-1963) C 1955. Decorated in classical Tura style with scenes of medieval knights and kings on horseback . Wi...
Goatskin
Aldo Tura Bar Cabinet, Lacquered Goatskin & Brass, Italian Design
By Aldo Tura
Located in Toronto, CA
This showstopper of a bar cabinet is by Italian designer Aldo Tura (1909 – 1963), known for his love of unusual materials, such as the lacquered goatskin used here. A rare piece with...
Brass
Sold
H 31.5 in W 31.5 in D 22.05 in
Italian Lacquered Goatskin / Parchment Serving Bar Cart by Aldo Tura, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Very unique Aldo Tura Goatskin or parchment bar cart. This bar cart was made in Italy in the 1960s. Constructed of thickly lacquered goatskin / parchment and gilt metal hardware. ...
Metal
Sold
H 51.19 in W 33.47 in D 15.75 in
Aldo Tura Brown Parchment Brass Details Two Doors Lit from Within Dry Bar 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in IT
Aldo Tura dry bar. Brown parchment, brass hardware, two drawers, two doors lit from within from 1950s period. Internally this dry bar is arranged with glass shelves and there are lig...
Brass
Aldo Tura Brown Goatskin Parchment Brass Cabinet Bar, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Paris, IDF
A unique and timeless vintage piece, this Aldo Tura midcentury cabinet bar feels imposing and glamourous. The varnished goatskin parchment, in rich shades of brown and dark brown, ma...
Brass
Aldo Tura Red Goatskin Parchment Brass Cabinet Bar, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Paris, IDF
A unique and timeless vintage piece, this Aldo Tura midcentury cabinet bar feels imposing and glamorous. The varnished goatskin parchment, in rich shades of red, makes this cabinet t...
Brass
Aldo Tura Bar Cabinet Goatskin And Brass Studs
By Aldo Tura
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An outstanding Italian bar cabinet-bar mobile-by Aldo Tura, Milano 1970's. Lacquered goatskin, brass decorative studs, in very good original condition-complete with 2 keys, original ...
Brass
Aldo Tura Painted Goatskin Bar Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Aldo Tura hand-painted goatskin bar cabinet. A Tromp L'oeil still life of apothecary bottles. Original mirrored glass interior Mahogany turned legs. Lights up when the door is op...
Goatskin
Rare Italian Bar Cabinet by Aldo Tura, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Mid century bar cabinet by Aldo Tura. Made from high quality wood with brass hardware. The door has a lacquered goatskin panels with a striking pattern. Inside we find an il...
Brass
Aldo Tura Lacquered Goat Skin Credenza, circa 1970
By Aldo Tura
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Aldo Tura lacquered goat skin cabinet, circa 1970.
Goatskin
Rare Italian Bar Cabinet on Wheels Cart by Aldo Tura, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Unique Mid century bar cabinet by Aldo Tura. Made from high quality wood with brass wheels and handles and features a decorative Bruegel (painter) scene. The door has a lacquer...
Brass
Wonderful Aldo Tura Bar Cabinet
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
the nicest and most elegant aldo tura bar cabinet we know. goes with every interior. comes from the estate of an great aldo tura collector.
Goatskin, Glass, Wood