Incollect Magazine - Issue 9

Incollect Magazine 83 Springer was famous for his attention to detail. His designs were not radically different or even new, his aesthetic sensibility was shaped largely through the lens of French Art Deco which he translated into classic modern shapes and forms, often on a bold scale to convey grandeur, and always executed in opulent and expensive materials with impeccable craftsmanship. Design dealer Evan Lobel, owner of New York gallery Lobel Modern, who has years of knowledge and experience in researching, buying, and selling Springer material, remarks, “He updated Art Deco for the present but with a level of glamor and elegant simplicity for the times.” Interior designer Jennifer Cohler Mason of J Cohler Mason Design is one of many designers that Lobel works with and is a frequent buyer of Springer designs for residential projects — she even has a rectangular gunmetal, brass, and glass two-tier Springer coffee table in her New York apartment. “I like to slip a Springer piece or two into most of my interior projects. Love the material,” she says. “One of the things about Springer is that the forms are timeless and work with any genre or era of furniture. He worked with metals, glass, wood, goatskin — a lot of neutral materials, so his pieces fit easily into interiors.” Cohler Mason loves almost everything Springer made but has a special affinity for his tables. In a recent Long Island Karl Springer “Onassis” bar stools and “Coffee Table with Sculpture Leg” with polished chrome legs, 1980s. Interior design by J Cohler Mason Set of four “Onassis” bar stools in lacquered goatskin with bronze footrests, 1980s. The design was named for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis after she ordered a set for the yacht Christina O. From Habitat Gallery on Incollect.com