Italian Lacquered Goatskin Bar Cart or Serving Cart by Aldo Tura
About the Item
- Creator:Aldo Tura (Designer, Maker)
- Similar to:Karl Springer (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 29.25 in (74.3 cm)Width: 34.25 in (87 cm)Depth: 17.75 in (45.09 cm)
- Style:Hollywood Regency (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Brass,Glass,Goatskin,Lacquered
- Place of Origin:Italy
- Period:1960-1969
- Date of Manufacture:1960s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Beautiful patination to brass parts. Could be polished if desired.
- Seller Location:Houston, TX
- Reference Number:
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: Houston, TX
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
- Italian Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin TableBy Aldo TuraLocated in Houston, TXItalian Aldo Tura lacquered goatskin table. This stunning Italian lacquered goatskin square table has an unusual Neoclassical Trompe L'oeil design ...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Side Tables
MaterialsGoatskin, Wood
- French Maison Jansen Attributed Neoclassical Style Bronze Bar CartBy Maison Baguès, Maison JansenLocated in Houston, TXFrench Maison Jansen attributed Neoclassical style bronze bar cart. This stunning French Neoclassical style bronze bar cart has stunning large wheels, swan handles and two shelves wi...Category
Vintage 1940s French Neoclassical Carts and Bar Carts
MaterialsBronze
- Hollywood Regency Ming Style Parchment Lacquer Coffee TableBy James Mont, Aldo Tura, Enrique Garcel, Karl SpringerLocated in Houston, TXHollywood Regency Asian Modern Ming style parchment lacquer coffee table. Hollywood Regency Ming style parchment lacquer square coffee table...Category
Vintage 1960s Unknown Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsParchment Paper
- Green Lacquer and Brass Console TableBy Karl Springer, Aldo Tura, James Mont, Enrique Garcel, Maitland SmithLocated in Houston, TXGreen lacquer and brass console table. Our outstanding Karl Springer inspired green marbleized lacquer and brass console table with mirrored...Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
MaterialsBrass
- French Art Deco Table Attributed to Maurice JallotBy Jules Leleu, Gio Ponti, Jacques Adnet, André Arbus, Maurice JallotLocated in Houston, TXFrench Art Deco table attributed to Maurice Jallot. This stunning French Art Deco table is simplistically and expertly executed i...Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Tables
MaterialsBrass
- Italian Glazed Terra Cotta Camel Garden Seat or TableLocated in Houston, TXItalian glazed terra cotta camel garden seat or table. This handsome Hollywood Regency glazed terracotta camel table is executed in great yellow, ora...Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Side Tables
MaterialsTerracotta
- Italian Lacquered Goatskin Serving Bar Cart by Aldo TuraBy Aldo TuraLocated in Atlanta, GAA beautiful and functional service bar cart by Italian designer Aldo Tura (1909-1963) circa 1950-60s. The glamorous design embodies the jetsetter's lifestyle of the mid-20th century ...Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
MaterialsBrass
- Aldo Tura Goatskin Bar Cart, 1950By Aldo TuraLocated in Byron Bay, NSWA rare and Unusual bar cart by Aldo Tura. Finished in lacquered Goatskin, with two-tier glass shelvers and brass accents. Set atop brass wheels lined in ru...Category
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
MaterialsBrass
- Italian Lacquered Goatskin / Parchment Serving Bar Cart by Aldo Tura, 1960sBy Aldo TuraLocated in HEVERLEE, BEVery 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. ...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
MaterialsMetal
- Rar and Wonderful Aldo Tura Bar or Serving Cart in Lacquered GoatskinBy Aldo TuraLocated in Munich, DEThe nicest bar cart in the nicest color. Malachite green.Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts
MaterialsBrass
- Aldo Tura Bar Cart or Drinks TableBy Aldo TuraLocated in San Francisco, CAAldo Tura bar cart or drinks table made from faux marbleized goatskin wrapped wooden oval tops with an unusual prickly bronze finish frame, labeled. Rare design win very good origina...Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
MaterialsMetal
- Aldo Tura Ivory Goatskin Italian Design 1950s Serving Trolley Bar CartBy Aldo TuraLocated in Brescia, ITAldo Tura Italy, 1950s Ivory goatskin Brass details Excellent condition.Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Serving Tables
MaterialsGoatskin
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
Julie Charbonneau Takes a Bespoke Approach to Clean-Lined Design
When it comes to authentic materials and quality craftsmanship, the Toronto-based designer accepts no substitutes.
These 1970s Chairs Have Attracted Fans as Diverse as Jackie O. and Jocelyn Wildenstein
Karl Springer’s opulent disco-era designs maintain their polished allure.