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Karl Springer Free Form Coffee Table

Free Form Biomorphic Brass and Glass Coffee Table, 1970's
By Karl Springer
Located in Culver City, CA
none other. Very evocative of Karl Springer's free-form coffee tables, this large coffee table would
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Exceptional Karl Springer Free Form Table Set, 1980's
By Karl Springer
Located in Culver City, CA
is the norm, Karl Springer's free form tables stand out as a symbol of unabashed extravagance. We
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Karl Springer Attr Free Form Postmodern Amoeba Coffee Table Chrome & Black Glass
By Karl Springer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Attributed to Karl Springer, this piece was made in the 1980s in the US. Dynamic and dramatic, it
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Steel, Chrome

Mid-Century Free Form Cocktail Table in Gunmetal & Vitrolite by Karl Springer
By Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
This minimal, organic and elegant Mid-Century Modernist "Free Form" Cocktail Table by the esteemed
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

1970s Rare Biomorphic Free Form Wood Sculptural Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning, coffee table you could hope to find. This is
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Laminate, Wood

Karl Springer Interlocking Parchment / Goatskin "Atlas" Low / Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
finished in black free form goatskin / parchment, the other in a textured gray, stretched over wooden forms
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Karl Springer Freeform Coffee Table in Brass and Black Granite Top, 1970s
By Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
Karl Springer for Karl Springer LTD exceptional free-form coffee table with polished brass base and
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Granite, Brass

Free Form Coffee Tables in Polished Stainless Steel with Black Glass Tops 1980s
By Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
Stunning Free Form Coffee Tables in mirror polished stainless steel with inset black glass tops in
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

Italian Modern Karl Springer Style Travertine Biomorphic Coffee Table
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Mario Bellini, Karl Springer
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern Karl Springer Style Travertine Free Form Coffee Table. Beautifully designed Italian
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Travertine

Monumental Lacquered Parchment Cocktail Table by Karl Springer
By Taller Maria Teresa Mendez, Karl Springer
Located in Dallas, TX
Monumental Karl Springer custom free-form pattern goatskin coffee table. The fantastically figured
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Stainless Steel

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A 1970's Free Form Highly Polished Steel and Black Glass Top Coffee Table. Designed in the style of
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Karl Springer "Free Form Coffee Table" in Tessellated Travertine 1980s (Signed)
By Karl Springer
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Karl Springer "Free-Form Coffee Table" in Seamlessly Welded Brass, 1980s
By Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional "freeform Coffee Table", seamlessly welded in brass with thick black glass top by Karl
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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By Karl Springer
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Labeled Karl Springer free form parchment coffee table
By Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
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By Karl Springer
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By Karl Springer
Located in Danville, CA
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Located in New York, NY
"Free Form Coffee Table" in polished steel with black glass top by Karl Springer, American 1970's
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Free form coffee table by Karl Springer
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Free form coffee table by Karl Springer. Rare iconic design.
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Vintage 1970s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Free form coffee table by Karl Springer
Free form coffee table by Karl Springer
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A Free Form Karl Springer Coffee Table
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A custom, free form, coffee table by Karl Springer, signed. Laquered goatskin, "Terracotta"
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Vintage Set of Free-Form Coffee Tables
By Karl Springer
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Vintage Set of Free-Form Coffee Tables
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By Karl Springer
Located in Miami, FL
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Located in New York, NY
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Located in Dallas, TX
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A Parchment Cocktail Table by Karl Springer
Located in Palm Desert, CA
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Karl Springer Iconic "Free Form Table" in Polished Gold-Tinted Brass 1980s
By Karl Springer
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Karl Springer Goatskin Cocktail Table
Karl Springer Goatskin Cocktail Table
H 16.25 in W 48 in D 36 in
Karl Springer Unique End/Coffee Table in Copper with Petrified Wood Top 1980s
By Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
free form edge by Karl Springer, American 1980's. Springer often incorporated exotic organic materials
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By Taller Maria Teresa Mendez, Karl Springer
Located in Danville, CA
Monumental Karl Springer custom free-form pattern goatskin coffee table. The fantastically figured
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Biomorphic Brass Coffee Table In the Style of Karl Springer
Located in Pasadena, CA
Spectacular, sculptural, biomorphic shape coffee table in the style of Karl Springer. the free form
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Vintage 1980s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Vladimir Kagan Curved Zoe Sofa in White Boucle for American Leather, Signed
By American Leather, Vladimir Kagan
Located in Culver City, CA
lobby. This sofa is currently paired in the gallery with a Paul Evans coffee table, Karl Springer
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Vladimir Kagan Curved Zoe Sofa in White Boucle for American Leather, Signed
By American Leather, Vladimir Kagan
Located in Culver City, CA
lobby. This sofa is currently paired in the gallery with a Paul Evans coffee table, Karl Springer
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Karl Springer, Lacquered Goatskin Low Table, USA, circa 1980
By Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
A low table made with the free-form inlay of natural ivory goatskin with a polished lacquered
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Karl Springer Free-Form Tables
By Karl Springer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A great set of signed Karl Springer free-form tables in fossilized coral.
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Karl Springer Free-Form Tables
Karl Springer Free-Form Tables
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Karl Springer Free Form Kidney Shaped Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Long Beach, CA
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By Karl Springer
Located in Chicago, IL
This rare set of Springer's prized Free Form tables includes the largest sizes of this form offered
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Set of Three Custom Free-Form Tables by Karl Springer for Karl Springer, Ltd
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Located in Chicago, IL
inches. Sold with a certificate of authentication from Tom Langevin, former director for Karl Springer
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Karl Springer Free Form Coffee Table For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic karl springer free form coffee table available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, glass and stainless steel, every karl springer free form coffee table was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer karl springer free form coffee table, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A karl springer free form coffee table, designed in the Mid-Century Modern or Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one karl springer free form coffee table that is appealing in its simplicity, but Karl Springer produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Karl Springer Free Form Coffee Table?

Prices for a karl springer free form coffee table can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $600 and can go as high as $125,000, while the average can fetch as much as $31,667.

Finding the Right Coffee-tables-cocktail-tables for You

As a practical focal point in your living area, antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables are an invaluable addition to any interior.

Low tables that were initially used as tea tables or coffee tables have been around since at least the mid- to late-1800s. Early coffee tables surfaced in Victorian-era England, likely influenced by the use of tea tables in Japanese tea gardens. In the United States, furniture makers worked to introduce low, long tables into their offerings as the popularity of coffee and “coffee breaks” took hold during the late 19th century and early 20th century.

It didn’t take long for coffee tables and cocktail tables to become a design staple and for consumers to recognize their role in entertaining no matter what beverages were being served. Originally, these tables were as simple as they are practical — as high as your sofa and made primarily of wood. In recent years, however, metal, glass and plastics have become popular in coffee tables and cocktail tables, and design hasn’t been restricted to the conventional low profile, either.

Visionary craftspeople such as Paul Evans introduced bold, geometric designs that challenge the traditional idea of what a coffee table can be. The elongated rectangles and wide boxy forms of Evans’s desirable Cityscape coffee table, for example, will meet your needs but undoubtedly prove imposing in your living space.

If you’re shopping for an older coffee table to bring into your home — be it an antique Georgian-style coffee table made of mahogany or walnut with decorative inlays or a classic square mid-century modern piece comprised of rosewood designed by the likes of Ettore Sottsass — there are a few things you should keep in mind.

Both the table itself and what you put on it should align with the overall design of the room, not just by what you think looks fashionable in isolation. According to interior designer Tamara Eaton, the material of your vintage coffee table is something you need to consider. “With a glass coffee table, you also have to think about the surface underneath, like the rug or floor,” she says. “With wood and stone tables, you think about what’s on top.”

Find the perfect centerpiece for any room, no matter what your personal furniture style on 1stDibs — shop Art Deco coffee tables, travertine coffee tables and other antique and vintage coffee tables and cocktail tables today.