A PAIR OF CHROMED METAL, BRASS AND GLASS CONSOLE TABLES
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A PAIR OF CHROMED METAL, BRASS AND GLASS CONSOLE TABLES

ATTRIBUTED TO KARL SPRINGER, 1970S-80S

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A PAIR OF CHROMED METAL, BRASS AND GLASS CONSOLE TABLES
ATTRIBUTED TO KARL SPRINGER, 1970s-80s
27 in. (68.5 cm.) high; 60 in. (152.4 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33.4 cm.) deep
Special notice
All sold and unsold lots marked with a filled square in the catalogue that are not cleared from Christie’s by 5:00 pm on the day of the sale, and all sold and unsold lots not cleared from Christie’s by 5:00 pm on the fifth Friday following the sale, will be removed to the warehouse of ‘Cadogan Tate’. Please note that there will be no charge to purchasers who collect their lots within two weeks of this sale.

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Lot Essay

Karl Springer (1931-1991) was born in Berlin and emigrated to New York in the 1950s. He began his career as a bookbinder and then became top window dresser at the Lord & Taylor Department Store. Springer was inspired by the interior designer Jean-Michel Frank and furniture designer Tommi Parzinger. During these early years in New York, Springer used his bookbinding skills to create decorative objects covered in fine leathers and skins. Springer’s iconic furniture was created by using inlaid-wood veneers, rare woods and faux finishes and he was credited with reviving shagreen, the rough skin of an Asian shark, which had been fashionable in the 1920s. Springer was posthumously honoured a one man show at the New York School of Interior Design 1994.

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