ALDO TURA (1909-1963). Table lamp in the form... Lot 14

ALDO TURA (1909-1963). Table lamp in the form of a lighthouse, c. 1950. Contains label on the base. The lamp needs to be rewired and is missing the power button. Will be available approximately 15 days after payment has been made. It shows signs of use. Measurements: 42 x 20 x 13 cm. The Italian designer Aldo Tura established a furniture production company in Lombardy in 1939. Working between the languages of Art Deco and modernism, Tura created unique high-end furniture and accessories, characterised by rich materials, sculptural forms and high-end craftsmanship. Tura's work has become a collector's item, especially examples with exotic finishes - such as eggshell, goatskin and parchment - in intense palettes of red, green and yellow. Tura was one of the most unique design talents of mid-century Italy, for in the post-war years, while many furniture makers were adjusting their production methods towards mass production, Tura remained committed to slow, traditional craftsmanship. He favoured intricate, complex forms and labour-intensive processes that could never be reproduced in a large-scale factory system. As a result, the number of Tura's works available on the vintage market remains limited. Today, Tura's company continues to produce high-end deco-style furniture in Lombardy, but much information about Tura himself has been lost to history. The Brooklyn Museum in New York holds a handful of Tura's designs that were originally displayed in the touring exhibition Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today.