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PAIR KARL SPRINGER LAMPS Circa 1970's. Height 30, Diameter 16 inches. Karl Springer, a designer of classic and exotic furniture, lighting and accessories during the 1960s and 1970_s. Working in New York City, Mr. Springer worked with many materials -- often exotic ones -- to translate pure, classical shapes into contemporary, custom-made furniture, light fixtures, or Venetian-glass objects. He was the president and sole owner of Karl Springer Ltd., with showrooms in New York, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, and additional outlets in Munich and Chicago. His signature styles were classical Chinese and Art Deco, the latter inspired by his predecessors Ruhlmann and Jean-Michel Frank. Other influences seen in his creations ranged from the Bauhaus of Germany, his native country, to the Ashanti of Africa. Craftsmen around the world implemented his designs and he traveled widely to oversee the workshops and to scout for new ideas, forms and materials. Mr. Springer was credited with reviving shagreen, the rough skin of an Asian shark, which had been popular as a fabric in the 1920's but had fallen out of favor. He brought the use of lacquered parchment back into furniture manufacture, as well, and also worked with inlaid-wood veneers, rare woods, metals, faux finishes, and granite.