Aldo Tura Hand-Painted Parchment Carafe
About the Item
- Creator:Aldo Tura (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 21 in (53.34 cm)Width: 10 in (25.4 cm)Depth: 8 in (20.32 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1950s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Good vintage condition, some wear to handle.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: 12062983181185
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.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: New York, NY
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
- Aldo Tura Ruby Red Goatskin Bar CartBy Aldo TuraLocated in New York, NYModern classic 2 tier bar cart by Aldo Turn. The 2 level cart features Ruby Red/Cranberry dyed goatskin all supported by brass supports and castors. All mint restored.Category
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
MaterialsBrass
- Towle Silver Wine Coaster, CorkscrewBy Towle SilversmithsLocated in New York, NYMidcentury silver plate wine coaster with a beaded trimmed edge and cork bottom with a natural grapevine corkscrew. Coaster Measures 7.25" diamete...Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
MaterialsSilver Plate
- Tommi Parzinger Brass Ice BucketBy Tommi ParzingerLocated in New York, NYClassically tailored brass ice bucket with tongs and ice pick designed by Tommi Parzinger for Dorlyn Silversmiths.Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
MaterialsBrass
- Set of 4 Preisner Pewter Beverage Cups and TrayBy Preisner Silver CompanyLocated in New York, NYWonderful midcentury set of pewter cups and serving tray, platter. Stamped. Tray measures 10 inches in diameter x .5 deep Cups measure 3.25 inchres in dia...Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
MaterialsPewter
- Tommi Parzinger Modernist Brass Ice BucketBy Tommi ParzingerLocated in New York, NYModernist brass ice bucket with a mercury glass liner designed ny Tommi Parzinger for Dorlyn. Professionally polished and lacquered.Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
MaterialsBrass
- Tommi Parzinger Brass Ice BucketBy Tommi ParzingerLocated in New York, NYTommi Parzinger modernist brass ice bucket featuring a mercury glass liner and a finial top on lid. Professionally polished and lacquered.Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
MaterialsBrass
- Aldo Tura Emerald Green Goatskin Brass Thermos Carafe 1960By Aldo TuraLocated in Paris, IDFThis is a beautiful thermos or carafe or pitcher designed by Aldo Tura in the early 1960s. This carafe is covered by goatskin parchment, in rich shades of emerald green, with brass a...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
MaterialsBrass
- 1950s Mid-Century Modern Brass and Brown Goatskin Thermos Carafe by Aldo TuraBy Aldo TuraLocated in Aci Castello, ITA 1950s Mid-Century Modern brass and brown Goatskin Thermos Carafe designed by Aldo Tura and manufactured by Tura Creazioni Milano, it's in lovely conditions, brown goatskin is decor...Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
MaterialsBrass
- 1950s Aldo Tura Exotic Gold Bull Toro Pitcher Goatskin Brass Milan ItalyBy Aldo TuraLocated in Chula Vista, CAAldo Tura Macabo Cusano Hand Painted Gold pitcher carafe 1950s Milan Italy goatskin parchment and brass fabulous Italian Bull hand painted. 5.5Dx 6.5W x ...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Pitchers
MaterialsBrass
- 1960s Vintage Aldo Tura Pitcher Brass Carafe in Purple Goatskin ParchmentBy Aldo TuraLocated in Chula Vista, CAPitcher Aldo Tura Italy 1960s Aldo Tura vintage pitcher carafe in purple wine parchment goatskin Handle and cork stopper in brass plated metal. Label from the maker. Measures: ...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
MaterialsBrass
- Aldo Tura Ice Bucket and CarafeBy Aldo TuraLocated in Hanover, MAAldo Tura footed ice server with lid and mercury glass lined carafe, both in tomato red dyed lacquered goatskin with gilt brass hardware and embellishments. Ice bucket is 8" high ...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
- Vintage carafe by Aldo tura, 1960sBy Aldo TuraLocated in HEVERLEE, BEVintage carafe by Aldo tura. Elegant shaped piece with textured wood and brass hardware. Good looking vintage addition for your bar. 1960s - Italy Height: 28cm/11.02" Diameter: ...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Barware
MaterialsBrass
